Possible use of bisphenol-a polycarbonate in radioactive waste embedding

Hacloglu F., ÖZDEMİR T., Kinalir K. G., Usanmaz A.

PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, cilt.90, ss.98-104, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 90
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2016.03.012
  • Dergi Adı: PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.98-104
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Frequent use of bisphenol-a polycarbonate in daily life results with a huge amount of polycarbonate waste. The proper utilization of this waste would be an environmental friendly approach. As polymeric materials are candidate materials for radioactive waste embedding, having an aromatic structure within the main chain, the bisphenol-a polycarbonate is a candidate material to be used as an embedding matrix for the confinement of low and intermediate level radioactive waste. This possibility would partly solve the problem of huge amount of waste generated due to the usage of polycarbonate.