Development of a web-based sorption database (KAERI-SDB) and application to the safety assessment of a radioactive waste disposal

Sorption plays a key role in a retardation of radionuclide migration in various geological environments. Hence sorption of radionuclides onto geological media is one of the important factors for the safety assessment of radioactive waste disposal. A web-based radionuclide sorption database program named KAERI-SDB has been developed to provide a database for the sorption of radionuclides onto geological media at various geochemical conditions. The KAERI-SDB is designed to determine the distribution coefficient (K-d) of a radionuclide and evaluate sorption properties by easily accessing an internet web-site (http://sdb.kaeri.re.kr). The KAERI-SDB provides a useful output and search result as a scatter plot chart or an index chart. The KAEI-SDB was designed to show the search results in a statistical way by representing the mean K-d value at 95% of confidence as a function of major geochemical indices. Several case studies were carried out to demonstrate the applicability of the KAERI-SDB and the result showed a successful applicability of the KAERI-SDB to various radionuclide sorption cases. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.