• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Cognition of the environmental effects of radioactive wastes, importance of their long term safe disposal and safe disposal methods.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Glass Science and Technology
   2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
   3. Acquire scientific knowledge
   4. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   5. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing
   6. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation
2. Learning the criteria for a glass host to be considered for waste vitrification and to be able to formulate new glass systems with desired properties.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Glass Science and Technology
   2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
   3. Acquire scientific knowledge
   4. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing
   5. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Seminar/presentation
3. Cognition of the glass basics such as glass formation, viscosity and phase separation and to be able to relate these properties with glass waste forms.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Glass Science and Technology
   2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
   3. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
   4. Acquire scientific knowledge
   5. Design and conduct research projects independently
   6. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   7. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing
   8. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation
4. Cognition of the glass waste form melting methods/processes.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Glass Science and Technology
   2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
   3. Acquire scientific knowledge
   4. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   5. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge
   6. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing
   7. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation

Contents
Week 1:	Introduction, definitions, energy sources overview. Radioactive waste problem.
Week 2:	Nuclear power stations, Nuclear fuels and reprocessing of spent fuel, Radioactive waste management, Ethics in Radioactive waste management.
Week 3:	Long term waste disposal methods, Vitrification- Desired properties of waste glasses.
Week 4:	Glass formation- structural and kinetic theories of glass formation, nucleation and crystal growth.
Week 5:	Immiscibility and Phase separation.
Week 6:	Viscosity of glass forming melts.
Week 7:	Midterm Material characterization
Week 8:	Material characterization- Chemical, thermal and structural analysis, chemical durability and standard durability tests.
Week 9:	Borosilicate waste forms, compositions: structural, physical and chemical properties, waste loading capabilities.
Week 10:	Sodium Alumino phosphate waste forms: compositions, structural, physical and chemical properties, waste loading capabilities.
Week 11:	Iron phosphate waste forms: compositions, structural, physical and chemical properties, waste loading capabilities.
Week 12:	Glass wasteform melting processes: Pot processing, Continuous Melting by Induction Furnace, Joule Heated Ceramic Melting, Cold Crucible Induction Melting, Plasma Arc/Torch melting, Microwave processing.
Week 13:	Long term behavior of glass waste forms, mechanical properties, chemical durability and radiation stability.
Week 14:	Vitrification of nonradioactive wastes: Incinerator wastes, coal ash, fly ash from thermal power stations, metallurgical wastes and slugs.
Week 15*:	--
Week 16*:	Final Exam
Textbooks and materials:	Lecture notes, Published literature on the subject. Waste immobilization in glass and ceramic based hosts, I.W. Donald, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Introduction to Glass Science and Technology, J.E. Shelby, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1997.
Recommended readings:	Fundamentals of inorganic glasses, A.K. Varshneya, Academic Press, 1994.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	7	20
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:	15	30
Homework:	2,4,8,10,13	10
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	40
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	3	11
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	5	11
Term project:	12	2
Term project presentation:	3	1
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	10	1
Mid-term:	2	1
Personal studies for final exam:	15	1
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)