Properties of cement compounds containing spent vacuum oil contaminated with radionuclides

Abstract

Solidification of an oil–absorbent suspension in a cement host material under laboratory conditions was performed. Magnesium oxide and N910 synthetic polymer were used as absorbents. Experiments were performed with radioactively contaminated spent VM-4 vacuum oil. Its fraction in the compounds was 20%. The chemical and immersion durability and the radiation resistance of the compound specimens obtained were studied for evaluating to what extent the compounds meet the regulation requirements to solidified radioactive waste. The oil-containing compounds formed using the suggested formulations meet the requirements of GOST (State Standard) R 51 883–2002 in these characteristics.