Coupled transport/reaction modelling of copper canister corrosion aided by microbial processes

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 92, Issue 9-11, 2004, Pages 849-854

  Liu, Jinsong ^a   Neretnieks, Ivars ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Copper corrosion; Coupled transport reaction modelling; Microbes; Nuclear waste management; Sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB)

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GROUND WATER; NUCLEAR FUEL; OXYGEN; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORROSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; MODEL; REDUCTION; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

EID: 10344267021     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.92.9.849.54994     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (24)

1. Beverskog, B., Puigdomenech, I.: Revised Pourbaix diagrams for copper at 25 to 300 °C. J. Electrochem. Soc. 14, 3476 (1997).
2. Brown, D. A., Sherriff, B. L.: The effects of microbial activity on the natural and engineered barriers of a high-level nuclear repository. SKI Report 98:24, Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm, Sweden (1998).
3. nd edn., Clarendon Press, Oxford (1959) p. 221.
4. King, R, Ahonen, L., Taxén, C., Wuorinen, U., Werme L.: Copper corrosion under expected conditions in a deep geologic repository. Technical Report TR-01-23, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (2001).
5. Kotelnikova, S., Pedersen, K.: Microbial oxygen consumption in Äspö tunnel environments. Progress Report HRL-98-11, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (1998).
6. Kotelnikova, S., Pedersen, K.: Microbial oxygen reduction during the REX field experiment. International Progress Report IPR-00-19, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (2000).
7. Laaksoharju, M. (ed.): Sulphate reduction in the Äspö HRL tunnel. Technical Report TR-95-25, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (1995).
8. Neretnieks, I.: Transport mechanisms and rates of transport of radionuclides in the geosphere as related to the Swedish KBS-concept. Proc. Symp. Underground Disposal of Radioactive Wastes, Otaniemi, Finland, July 2-6, 1979, Vol.11, p. 108, International Atomic Energy Agency (1979).
9. Neretnieks, I.: Source term modeling the Swedish KBS-3 study. Paper presented at OECD/NEA workshop on the source term for radionuclide migration, Albuquerque N.M., Nov. 13-15, 1984, Proceedings, Sandia Report Sand 85-0380 (1985) pp41-68.
10. Neretnieks, I.: Stationary transport of dissolved species in the backfill surrounding a waste canister in fissured rock: Some simple analytical solutions. Nucl. Technol. 72, 194 (1986).
11. Neretnieks, I.: A stochastic multi-channel model for solute transport - analysis of tracer tests in fractured rock. J. Contam. Hydrol. 55, 175 (2002).
12. Pedersen, K.: Microbial processes in radioactive waste disposal. Technical Report TR-00-04, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (2000).
13. Pedersen, K.: Project SAFE. Microbial features, events and processes in the Swedish final repository for low-and intermediate-level radioactive waste. R-01-05, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (2001).
14. Pedersen, K., Ekendahl, S.: Distribution of bacteria in deep granitic groundwaters of Southeastern Sweden. Microbiol. Ecology 20, 37 (1990).
15. Pedersen, K., Karlsson, F.: Investigations of subterranean microorganisms - Their importance for performance assessment of radioactive waste disposal. Technical Report 95-10, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (1995).
16. Pitkänen, P., Luukkonen, A., Ruotsalainen, P., Leino-Forsman, H., Vuorinen, U.: Geochemical modelling of groundwater evolution and residence time at the Olkiluoto site. Report POSIVA-98-10, Posiva Oy, Helsinki, Finland (1999).
17. Puigdomenech, I., Taxen, C.: Thermodynamic data for copper. Implications for the corrosion of copper under repository conditions. Technical Report TR-00-13, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (2000).
18. 2 depletion in granitic media. The REX project, Technical Report TR-01-05, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (2001).
19. SKB: SR 97 - Post-closure safety. Technical Report TR-99-06, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (1999).
20. Smellie, J., Laaksoharju, M.: The Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory: Final evaluation of the hydrogeochemical pre-investigations in relation to existing geologic and hydraulic conditions. Technical Report TR-92-21, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (1992).
21. Stevens, T. O., McKinley, J. P.: Lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems in deep basalt aquifers. Science 270, 450 (1995).
22. Taxén, C.: Pitting corrosion of copper. An equilibrium - mass transport study. Technical Report TR-02-22, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (2002a).
23. Taxen, C.: Pitting corrosion in copper. Further model studies. Technical Report TR-02-23, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (2002b).
24. Wallin, B.: Sulphur and oxygen isotope evidence from dissolved sulphates in groundwater and sulphide sulphur in fissure fillings at Äspö, Southeastern Sweden. SKB HRL Prog. Rep. 25-92-08, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, Sweden (1992).