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Estimation of Ra Concentration in High-level Radioactive Waste Disposal System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Yasushi Yoshida  and
Hideki Yoshikawa
Yasushi Yoshida
Affiliation:
yoshida.yasushi76@jaea.go.jp, Inspection Development Corporation, Tokaimura, Ibaraki, Japan
Hideki Yoshikawa
Affiliation:
yoshikawa.hideki@jaea.go.jp, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Geological Isolation Reserch and Development Directorate, Tokaimura, Japan
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Abstract

Concentrations of Ra in groundwater was thought to be affected by substitution reactions with alkaline earth elements contained in a mineral, because the concentration of Ra is less than the solubility of known Ra containing phases. The substitution reaction was simulated using a partition coefficient. Calcite is a dominant mineral to react with Ra in a geological disposal system. However, previous identification of reactive layers of calcite or reversibility of the substitution reaction has not been confirmed. A re-distribution experiment was therefore undertaken and it was found that an estimated 21±13 layers near the surface were reactive and within them substitution equilibrium was achieved. Using these results, a model to estimate Ra concentration was established and adopted to analyze Ra migration. The effects of substitution of Ra and Ca were reasonably simulated.

Keywords

RaCachemical substitution
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1124: Symposium Q – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXII , 2008 , 1124-Q07-18
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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