Study on radiation induced reactions in groundwater

Katsumura, Yosuke*; Ishigure, Kenkichi *

In order to keep the integrity of the repository of the radioactive high level waste, it is inevitably important to grasp and clarify the chemical conditions of the groundwater and it is highly required to evaluate the radiation induced chemical effect in groundwater. In the present report, a database has been constructed from the literatures in the field of radiation chemistry published up to now, as a first step of the evaluation of the radiation induced chemical reactions and their rate constants in aqueous solutions containing chemical species, which are normally present in groundwater. On the basis of the database, simulations for several typical aqueous solutions have been carried out, and both further reactions to be investigated and additional experiments to be done in future have been pointed out. It is concluded that experimental data is highly expected to be accumulated and compared with simulation.