Effects of heterogeneity at fracture surface for tracer migration in a fractured crystalline rock from the Grimsel Test Site

グリムゼル試験場の亀裂性結晶質岩中におけるトレーサー移行に及ぼす割れ目表面の不均質性の影響

舘 幸男  ; 伊藤 剛志; 赤木 洋介*; 佐藤 久夫*; Martin, A. J.*

Tachi, Yukio; Ito, Tsuyoshi; Akagi, Yosuke*; Sato, Hisao*; Martin, A. J.*

亀裂性結晶質岩中の放射性核種移行に対する亀裂表面の不均質性の影響が、スイスのグリムゼル試験場の単一亀裂を有する花崗閃緑岩試料を用いた室内移行試験、表面分析、モデル化によって調査された。亀裂とマトリクス部におけるトレーサー移行挙動が透過拡散試験や通液試験を含む一連の室内試験により評価された。X線CT及びEPMAによる観察から、亀裂の開口幅や連続性、及び亀裂近傍の鉱物分布の不均質性が定量的に把握された。これらの知見に基づき、風化したバーミキュライト層、配向した雲母層、マトリクス部から構成される不均質な亀裂表層モデルを適用することによって、トレーサーの破過曲線を解釈することができた。

The effects of heterogeneity at fracture surface on radionuclides migration in fractured crystalline rocks was investigated by laboratory migration experiments, microscopic observations and detailed modelling, using a single fractured granodiorite sample from the Grimsel Test Site (GTS), Switzerland. The tracer migration behaviors in fracture and matrix parts were evaluated by series of laboratory experiments including through-diffusion and flow-through experiments. Mineral distributions from fracture surface to matrix were evaluated by X-ray CT, and were validated by comparing the elemental mapping measured by EPMA. Based on the microscopic observations by X-ray CT and EPMA, the aperture and connectivity in fracture and minerals distribution near fracture surface were quantitatively evaluated. The heterogeneous multi-layered model assuming a weathered vermiculite zone, a foliated mica zone and rock matrix was possible to provide a reasonable interpretation for measured breakthrough curves of all tracers.