The effects of container materials and buffer additives on decreasing the iodide concentration in a disposal vault for spent nuclear fuel

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-43

  Kim, S S ^a   Chun, K S ^a   Choi, J W ^a   Kim, S K ^a   Cho, W J ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Additive; Bentonite; Iodine; Migration; Silver oxide; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADDITIVES; BENTONITE; CONTAINERS; COPPER ALLOYS; CORROSION PROTECTION; IODINE COMPOUNDS; PORE SIZE; PYRITES; SILVER; SORPTION; SPENT FUELS;

CHALCOPYRITES; DISPOSAL VAULT; GALENA; MIGRATION; SILVER OXIDE;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; BENTONITE; BUFFER; CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; IODIDE; IRON; LEAD SULFIDE; NUCLEAR FUEL; PYRITE; SILVER; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAINER; CORROSION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

BUFFERS; IODIDES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845305846     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520601015461     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. - with PbO. App. Clay Sci. 1985, 1 (1-2), 115-124.
2. 14C in used CANDU fuels. J. Nucl. Mater. 1996, 238, 264-277.
3. KAERI. Progress report on the R&D program for the disposal of HLW in Korea: Appendix; Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute: Daejeon, Korea, Aug. 20, 2002.
4. 125I tracer sorption experiments. App. Geochem. 1998, 13, 122-141.
5. Oscarson, D.W.; Miller, H.G.; Watson, R.L. The potential effectiveness of mercury minerals in decreasing the level of I-129 in a nuclear fuel waste disposal. Nucl. Chem. Waste Mgant. 1986, 6 (2), 151-157.
6. Modolo, G.; Odoj, R. Investigations on the partitioning of I-129 from silver-impregnated silica in preparation for future transmutation. Nucl. Technol. 1997, 117 (1), 80-86.
7. Takeshita, K.; Nakano, Y. Prediction of a breakthrough curve of iodine on a reduced silver-loaded adsorbent bed. Nucl. Technol. 2001, 133 (3), 338-345.
8. Mineo, H.; Gotoh, M.; Iizuka, M.; Fujisaki, S.; Uchiyama, G. Simple model predicting iodine profile in a packed bed of silica-gel impregnated with silver nitrate. J. Nucl. Sci. Technol. 2002, 39 (3), 241-247.
9. Chunfu Zhang; Yongxian Wang; Haibin Tian; Duan Zhiyin. Preparation of iodine-125 seed: Part I: Iodination of the silver rod. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 2002, 252 (1), 161-163.
10. Chun, K.S.; Cho, W.J.; Lee, J.W.; Kim, S.S.; Kang, M.J. High-Level Waste Disposal Technology Development: Development of Engineered Barrier; KAERI/RR-1987/98; Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejon, Korea, 1998; 424-429.
11. Weast, R.C.; Astle, M.J., Eds. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 60th edition. Boca Raton, Florida, 1979; B-99-B-123.
12. Fisher Scientific. Fisher Catalog 98/99. Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA; 1999, 583.
13. Gray, W.J. Spent Fuel Dissolution Rates as a Function of Burnup and Water Chemistry; PNNL-11895; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 1998, Richland, USA.
14. Chun, K.S.; Kim, S.S.; Park, J.M.; Choi, J.W. Requirement of Performance and Design of Container, Buffer and Backfill for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel; KAERI-TR-2628/2003; Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejon, Korea, 2003. 73.