Swelling pressure and leaching behaviors of synthetic bituminized waste products with various salt contents under a constant-volume condition

入澤 啓太; 目黒 義弘

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 54(3), p.365 - 372, 2017/03

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2016.1273143

We investigated the swelling pressure of synthetic bituminized waste products (BWPs) and the amount of Na in the leachate from them under a constant-volume condition when the BWPs were in contact with water to understand influences of salt content on the surrounding environments after disposal of radioactive BWPs in a geological repository. The observation of the cross section of the synthetic BWP specimens revealed that micropores, which were formed after soluble salts leached out from the specimens, shrank and deformed near the surface of the specimens. The salt content in the synthetic BWP specimens depended on the amount of water taken up, indicating that an increase in the amount of water led to increases in the swelling pressure and the cumulative amount of Na in the leachate. It was found that the shrinkage and deformation of the micropores near the surface of the synthetic BWP specimens that arose under the constant-volume condition significantly influenced increases in the swelling pressure and cumulative amount of Na in the leachate.

LA系アスファルト固化体の詰め替え技術の検討

入澤 啓太; 小松崎 利夫; 川戸 喜実; 榊原 哲朗; 中澤 修; 目黒 義弘

JAEA-Technology 2014-039, 28 Pages, 2014/12

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東海再処理施設で作製されたLA系アスファルト固化体は200Lドラム缶内に封入されており、アスファルト固化体貯蔵施設に13,296本収納されている。LA系アスファルト固化体の処分に向け、処分場設置スペースの効率化を図るための減容化策の一つとして、200Lドラム缶からアスファルト固化体を角型容器に詰め替えるための要素技術を検討した。詰め替え工程として、(1)ドラム缶からのアスファルト固化体の取り出し、(2)ポストフィーリング部の分離、(3)角型容器への充填といった一連の工程を考案し、個々の工程に対して2通りの操作方法を検討し、それぞれの技術の作業効率等を調べた。