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Abe, Toru*; Hirano, Fumio; Mihara, Morihiro; Honda, Akira
Genshiryoku Bakkuendo Kenkyu (CD-ROM), 27(1), p.3 - 11, 2020/06
Degradation of TRU waste in a geological disposal facility may cause the formation of a nitrate plume. A Nitrate Evolution model due to mineral reactions, microbial activity, and metal corrosiON (NEON) has therefore been developed to evaluate the safety case for geological disposal of TRU waste. Small scale laboratory experiments can be reproduced satisfactorily, however, it is necessary to demonstrate the applicability of the NEON model on scales relevant to the geological disposal of TRU waste. In the current study, an industrial analogue of a nitrate plume from the pollution of groundwater from nitrate fertilizers used on Ikuchi Island, Japan was selected to test the applicability of the NEON model. Concentration profiles of nitrate ions in the groundwater were successfully reproduced over the hundreds of meters scale demonstrating the applicability of the NEON model in evaluating the chemical behavior of a nitrate plume derived from the geological disposal of TRU waste.
Sato, Haruo
PNC TN8410 97-075, 29 Pages, 1997/04
In the performance assessment of geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste in Japan, redox condition in deep geological environment is considered to be reducing, and Se is one of the important redox sensitive elements. However, no studies on diffusion of Se in bentonite under reducing conditions have been reported yet. This paper describes the results of apparent diffusion coefficients of Se in compacted sodium bentonite obtained as a function of bentonite density under reducing conditions and discusses its diffusion behaviour. Apparent diffusion coefficients of Se in compacted sodium bentonite, Kunigel V1 (constituent montmorillonite 46 49wt%), were obtained in a range of dry densities of bentonite, 800 1800 kgm under reducing conditions (Eh vs. SHE -373 -363mV) at room temperature (23.6 23.7C) by in-diffusion method. All the experiments were carried out in an N-atmospheric glove box (O 1ppm) and the reducing conditions of the porewater were maintained by continuous contact between compacted bentonite and reducing solution including 5.7 10 M-NaSO through a sintered metal filter. The Eh of reducing solution was continuously monitored. Furthermore, a through-diffusion experiment of NaSO was also carried out at a dry density, 1800 kgm in order to check the reducing condition of the porewater. The Eh in the measurement cell was confirmed to be the same as that in the tracer cell. The apparent diffusion coefficients of Se were in the range, 6.110 4.310 ms and showed a tendency of slight decrease with increasing dry density of bentonite. The dominant species of Se in the porewater under reducing conditions is predicted to be HSe, and the apparent diffusion coefficients of HSe in the bentonite were approximately the same as those of TcO ...
Hanashima, Susumu;
Review of Scientific Instruments, 57(5), p.787 - 788, 1986/00
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