Cs sorption to potential host rock of low-level radioactive waste repository in Taiwan: Experiments and numerical fitting study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1079-1087

  Wang, Tsing Hai ^a   Chen, Chin Lung ^a,b   Ou, Lu Yen ^a   Wei, Yuan Yaw ^a   Chang, Fu Lin ^b   Teng, Shi Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Argillite; Cesium; Radioactive waste management; Solid liquid ratio; Surface complexation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; ARGILLITE; ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CLAY MODEL; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE; HIGH PH; HOST ROCKS; ION EXCHANGE MECHANISMS; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; MOLECULAR SCALE; NUMERICAL FITTING; PH SENSITIVE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION STUDIES; SITE DENSITY; SOLID BASIS; SOLID/LIQUID RATIO; SOLID/LIQUID RATIOS; SORPTION SITES; SPECIFIC SORPTION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE COMPLEXATION; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS; SURFACE SORPTIONS; SURFACE TITRATION;

ALKALINITY; CESIUM; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPERIMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; ION EXCHANGE; IRON OXIDES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RATING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SORPTION;

ARGILLITE; CESIUM; ION; IRON OXIDE; MINERAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARGILLITE; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; ION EXCHANGE; IRON OXIDE; KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SORPTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CLAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ION EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL FITTING; OSMOLARITY; PH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TAIWAN; TITRIMETRY;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CESIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80052025514     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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