Review Article
Immobilisation of Higher Activity Wastes from Nuclear Reactor Production of 99Mo
Table 1
Typical ILLW from alkaline-route 99Mo production at ANSTO > 10 years after production.
| Chemical composition | | Main nuclides present | Half-life | Typical activity in ILLW waste (Bq/L) |
| NaOH | 4–6 M |
137Cs | 30.07 y | | NaAlO2 | 1–1.5 M |
137mBa | 2.552 m | | Corrosion products | |
90Sr | 28.78 y | | Fe, Cr, Ni | Traces |
90Y | 64.1 h | | | |
147Pm | 2.6 y | | | |
125Sb | 2.77 y | | | |
134Cs | 2.07 y | | | |
155Eu | 4.96 y | | | |
106Rh | 29.92 s | | | |
106Ru | 1.02 y | | | |
125mTe | 58 d | | | |
99Tc | 213000 y | |
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