Cementitious Matrices for Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Immobilization
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Pavlo Kryvenko, Francisca Puertas, Wouter Schroeyers
- Language: English
Cement-based materials are integral to radioactive waste repositories, providing versatile solutions for diverse management and disposal strategies. Cementitious Matrices for Lo… Read more
Description
Description
Cement-based materials are integral to radioactive waste repositories, providing versatile solutions for diverse management and disposal strategies. Cementitious Matrices for Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Immobilization reports research progress in this context, reviewing both traditional solidification methodologies and state-of-the-art developments in cementation technologies that promise to fulfill safety functions more dependably and ensure closer compliance with environmentally conscious practices and regulations.
The book proves to be a compelling resource for readers at various levels of familiarity with the topic both in academia and industry by tackling all facets of designing a waste form. It begins by classifying and characterizing radioactive wastes and explaining the chemistry of cementitious matrices, facilitating the choice of solidification agents and processing equipment. It offers guidelines for the selection of bonding materials, such as hydraulic cement or polymers, and discusses several admixtures and adsorbents to enhance embedding, binder properties, and contaminant stabilization. It also includes statistical techniques for generating response surface models for large, complicated applications and case studies that collate the international authoring team’s first-hand insights into optimized handling of immobilized waste forms.
The book proves to be a compelling resource for readers at various levels of familiarity with the topic both in academia and industry by tackling all facets of designing a waste form. It begins by classifying and characterizing radioactive wastes and explaining the chemistry of cementitious matrices, facilitating the choice of solidification agents and processing equipment. It offers guidelines for the selection of bonding materials, such as hydraulic cement or polymers, and discusses several admixtures and adsorbents to enhance embedding, binder properties, and contaminant stabilization. It also includes statistical techniques for generating response surface models for large, complicated applications and case studies that collate the international authoring team’s first-hand insights into optimized handling of immobilized waste forms.
Key features
Key features
- Substantiates the efficacy of cementitious matrices for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste immobilization in terms of adaptability, durability, and overall low environmental impact
- Provides step-by-step instructions to model the chemical binding processes of radioactive elements within zeolite-like cementitious matrices for predicting their behavior under various environmental conditions, thereby contributing to more reliable safety assessments of radioactive waste repositories
- Features case studies which detail practical-experience scenarios of the use of alkali-activated cement for waste management and disposal at nuclear power stations with different types of reactors
Readership
Readership
Academics, researchers, and postgraduate students in materials science; civil and environmental engineering (sustainability and environmental management); chemical engineering; nuclear science and engineering
Table of contents
Table of contents
SECTION 1: Classification and Characterization of Radioactive Waste
1. Classification and General Guidelines of Evaluation Test and Performance Criteria for Low- and Intermediate-Level Waste Immobilization
2. Immobilization Processes Using Portland Cement Systems: Advantages and Disadvantages
SECTION 2: Traditional Cementitious Matrices
3. Phosphate-Modified Calcium Aluminate Cement
4. Magnesium Silicate Cement
SECTION 3: Alkali-Activated Cementitious Matrices
5. Evaluation of Radioactive Waste Immobilization Using Alkali-Activated Binders with the Help of Dynamic and Static Leaching Test
6. Alkali-Activated Cement – Mechanism of Radionuclides Immobilization
7. Immobilization of Radioactive Nitrate- and Borate-Containing Salt Concentrates in an Alkali-Activated Cementitious Matrix
8. Alkali-Activated Materials for Immobilization of Organic Radioactive Waste
1. Classification and General Guidelines of Evaluation Test and Performance Criteria for Low- and Intermediate-Level Waste Immobilization
2. Immobilization Processes Using Portland Cement Systems: Advantages and Disadvantages
SECTION 2: Traditional Cementitious Matrices
3. Phosphate-Modified Calcium Aluminate Cement
4. Magnesium Silicate Cement
SECTION 3: Alkali-Activated Cementitious Matrices
5. Evaluation of Radioactive Waste Immobilization Using Alkali-Activated Binders with the Help of Dynamic and Static Leaching Test
6. Alkali-Activated Cement – Mechanism of Radionuclides Immobilization
7. Immobilization of Radioactive Nitrate- and Borate-Containing Salt Concentrates in an Alkali-Activated Cementitious Matrix
8. Alkali-Activated Materials for Immobilization of Organic Radioactive Waste
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Pavlo Kryvenko
Dr. Kryvenko is currently a professor in the Department of Technology of Building Structures and Products and director of the Scientific Research Institute for Binders and Materials, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine. He graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute with an Engineer in Building Materials Technology diploma in 1961. He received his PhD from the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute in 1971 and a DSc from the Kyiv Polytechnical Institute in 1986. His research interests include the synthesis of alkali-activated cements and materials based on them. He is not only a prolific author, but also principal investigator on several national and international projects. He is a member of the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, a member of the Systems and Structures (RILEM) technical committees on alkali-activated materials, an editorial board member for three international journals, the 2001 winner of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of Science and Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor and Director, Scientific Research Institute for Binders and Materials, Department of Technology of Building Structures and Products, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Kyiv, UkraineFP
Francisca Puertas
Dr. Puertas is a Research Professor for the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), at the Eduardo Torroja Institute of Construction Sciences. She has a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Her research focuses on the physical and chemical properties of Portland cement and its manufacturing process; the use of alternative materials (waste and industrial by-products) in the manufacture of cement and concrete; the development of new, more eco-sustainable types of cement; the deterioration processes of a variety of cement, mortars and concrete; the role of admixtures on the properties and behavior of concrete. She is a prolific author, has led many national and international R&D projects, and holds four patents. She is the Director of the CSIC High Specialization postgraduate course in Cement Chemistry and has been appointed as honorary EiC of the international scientific journal Construction Materials (CSIC) and as the Associate Editor of the Cement and Concrete Composites (Elsevier). In 2010, she received the award for 'Best Scientific Career' by the Spanish Society of Materials (SOCIEMAT).
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Department of Materials, Eduardo Torroja Institute of Construction Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, SpainWS
Wouter Schroeyers
Dr. Schroeyers is Full Professor at Hasselt University, Belgium. He is the head of the educational management team for nuclear technology and a researcher at the Nuclear Technological Centre (NuTeC) of the Research Institute for Environmental Sciences (CMK). He completed a PhD in Chemistry at KU Leuven in 2005. His research, at the intersection of chemistry, materials science, and nuclear engineering, focuses on developing suitable management options for radiological residues., particularly on methods and protocols for characterization of natural and artificial radionuclides, radiological monitoring, nuclear decommissioning, recycling and immobilization of radiological wastes and residues in cementitious binders and concrete. He was the chair of the COST Action NORM4Building (2014-2017) and is the co-founder of the European NORM Association (2017) and the SHARE (Social Sciences and Humanities in Ionizing Radiation Research) network. He is a member of the central management team for the Belgian Society for Radiation Protection and, in 2017, edited Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Construction (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Nuclear Technological Centre (NuTeC), Research Institute for Environmental Sciences (CMK), Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiteit Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium