Citation: ZHAO Pei-Zhu, LI Lin-Yan, XU Sheng-Ming, ZHANG Qin. Synthesis and Structural Transformations of (Gd_1-xCe_x)₂Zr₂O_7+x: An Analogue for Pu Immobilization[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2013, 29(06): 1168-1172. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB201304013 shu

Synthesis and Structural Transformations of (Gd_1-xCe_x)₂Zr₂O_7+x: An Analogue for Pu Immobilization

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1 College of Mining, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550003, P. R. China;
2 Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10084, P. R. China

Received Date: 17 December 2012
Available Online: 1 April 2013
Fund Project: 国家自然科学基金委员会和中国工程物理研究院联合基金(11176014)资助项目 (11176014)

Gd₂Zr₂O₇ is a well known host for nuclear waste immobilization because of the high neutron absorption cross section of Gd and low energy transformation between ordered pyrochlore and disordered defect-fluorite structures. Pyrochlore Gd₂Zr₂O₇ was synthesized at relatively low temperature (compared with traditional high temperature solid-state reaction) using Gd(NO₃)₃·nH₂O, Zr(NO₃)₄·nH₂O as a starting material and a small amount of NaF as fluxing agent. Ce⁴⁺ was used as an analogue for Pu⁴⁺ and its immobilization behavior in Gd₂Zr₂O₇ was studied in a series of solidified forms comprising (Gd_1-xCe_x)₂Zr₂O_7+x (0≤x≤0.6). Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) data showed that the sample structure transformed from pyrochlore to defect-fluorite type with increasing x but maintained constant unit cell volumes. As x was increased to 0.6, the diffraction peaks showed broadening, suggesting considerable lattice distortion. When x=1, i.e., all Gd³⁺ are placed by Ce⁴⁺, the product was not Ce₂Zr₂O₈, but a phase separated mixture of tetra nal (Zr_0.88Ce_0.12)O₂ and an ideal fluorite (Ce_0.75Zr_0.25)O₂. Leach rate measurements indicated that the leach rate of Gd³⁺, Zr⁴⁺, Ce⁴⁺ was low when x≤0.2, but increased significantly when x≥0.4. This suggests that the substitution rate of Pu⁴⁺ for Gd³⁺ should not be more than 40% when Gd₂Zr₂O₇ used as the host matrix for Pu⁴⁺.
- Immobilization of nuclear waste,
- Surrogate of Ce⁴⁺ for Pu⁴⁺,
- Pyrochlore structure,
- Defect fluorite structure,
- Structure transformation
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