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MINERALS
卷 11, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min11111272
关键词
radioactive waste disposal; iron-bentonite interaction; reactive transport; numerical model
资金
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [02NUK053]
- Helmholtz Association [SO-093]
- KIT-Publication Fund of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
The geological disposal in deep bedrock repositories is the preferred option for high-level radioactive waste management, with carbon steel and bentonites considered as potential container and backfill materials. Research indicates that iron is sorbed at the montmorillonite surface via cation exchange in the short-term and consumed by formation of secondary phases in the long-term. The numerical model predicts that Fe-silicate minerals are the main corrosion products in the long-term.
The geological disposal in deep bedrock repositories is the preferred option for the management of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). In some of these concepts, carbon steel is considered as a potential canister material and bentonites are planned as backfill material to protect metallic waste containers. Therefore, a 1D radial reactive transport model has been developed in order to better understand the processes occurring during the long-term iron-bentonite interaction. The numerical model accounts for diffusion, aqueous complexation reactions, mineral dissolution/precipitation and cation exchange at a constant temperature of 25 & DEG;C under anoxic conditions. Our results suggest that Fe is sorbed at the montmorillonite surface via cation exchange in the short-term, and it is consumed by formation of the secondary phases in the long-term. The numerical model predicts precipitation of nontronite, magnetite and greenalite as corrosion products. Calcite precipitates due to cation exchange in the short-term and due to montmorillonite dissolution in the long-term. Results further reveal a significant increase in pH in the long-term, while dissolution/precipitation reactions result in limited variations of the porosity. A sensitivity analysis has also been performed to test the effect of selected parameters, such as corrosion rate, diffusion coefficient and composition of the bentonite porewater, on the corrosion processes. Overall, outcomes suggest that the predicted main corrosion products in the long-term are Fe-silicate minerals, such phases thus should deserve further attention as a chemical barrier in the diffusion of radionuclides to the repository far field.
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