@inproceedings{01e435a2ffe745b7bb825f85c6bcddd6,
title = "IRRADIATION-INDUCED REDUCTION OF MICROCRACKING IN ZIRCONOLITE.",
abstract = "**2**3**8Pu-substituted zirconolite (CaPuTi//2O//7) was stored near ambient temperature for 231 days, equivalent to an alpha decay dose of 3. 1 multiplied by 10**2**5 alpha /m**3 or 3 multiplied by 10**5 years of storage time for SYNROC ceramic nuclear waste. Periodic indentation testing showed that hardness was decreased by alpha decay-induced conversion to the metamict state, while fracture toughness and resistance to cracking were increased, apparently as a consequence of the formation of a heterogeneous microstructure. These results imply improved stability of this nuclear waste phase as a result of self-irradiation damage.",
author = "Clinard, \{F. W.\} and Tucker, \{D. S.\} and Hurley, \{G. F.\} and Kise, \{C. D.\} and J. Rankin",
year = "1985",
language = "English",
isbn = "093183709X",
series = "Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings",
publisher = "Materials Research Soc",
pages = "663--670",
editor = "Jantzen, \{Carol M.\} and Stone, \{John A.\} and Ewing, \{Rodney C.\}",
booktitle = "Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings",
}