%0 Journal Article
%A Schlenz, Hartmut
%A Heuser, Julia
%A Neumann, Andreas
%A Schmitz, Stephan
%A Bosbach, Dirk.
%T Monazite as a suitable actinide waste form
%J Zeitschrift für Kristallographie / Crystalline materials
%V 228
%N 3
%@ 0044-2968
%C München
%I Oldenbourg
%M FZJ-2013-02703
%P 113-123
%D 2013
%Z Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG. Project-Numbers: SCHL 495/3-1 and RO 2055/7-1.
%X The conditioning of radioactive waste from  nuclear power plants and in some countries even of weapons  plutonium is an important issue for science and society.  Therefore the research on appropriate matrices for  the immobilization of fission products and actinides is of  great interest. Beyond the widely used borosilicate glasses,  ceramics are promising materials for the conditioning of  actinides like U, Np, Pu, Am, and Cm. Monazite-type ceramics  with general composition LnPO4 (Ln = La to Gd)  and solid solutions of monazite with cheralite or huttonite  represent important materials in this field. Monazite appears  to be a promising candidate material, especially because  of its outstanding properties regarding radiation resistance  and chemical durability. This article summarizes  the most recent results concerning the characterization of  monazite and respective solid solutions and the study of  their chemical, thermal, physical and structural properties.  The aim is to demonstrate the suitability of monazite as a  secure and reliable waste form for actinides.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000317532800002
%R 10.1524/zkri.2013.1597
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/134575