TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, WJ A1 - Ewing, RC A1 - Angell, CA A1 - Arnold, GW A1 - Cormack, AN A1 - Delaye, JM A1 - Griscom, DL A1 - Hobbs, LW A1 - Navrotsky, A A1 - Price, DL A1 - Stoneham, AM A1 - Weinberg, WC UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1997.0266 KW - Irradiation-induced defects KW - Electron-spin resonance KW - Trapped-hole-centers KW - Nuclear waste KW - Fused-silica KW - Radioactive-waste KW - High-purity KW - Molecular-dynamics KW - Vitreous silica KW - Oxygen vacancy AV - public PB - MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY SP - 1946 ID - discovery191727 JF - Journal of Materials Research SN - 0884-2914 VL - 12 N2 - This paper is a comprehensive review of the state-of-knowledge in the field of radiation effects in glasses that are to be used for the immobilization of high-level nuclear waste and plutonium disposition. The current status and issues in the area of radiation damage processes, defect generation, microstructure development, theoretical methods and experimental methods ase reviewed. Questions of fundamental and technological interest that offer opportunities for research are identified. EP - 1978 N1 - Copyright Cambridge University Press 1997 Y1 - 1997/08// IS - 8 TI - Radiation effects in glasses used for immobilization of high-level waste and plutonium disposition ER -