Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-vdxz6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T16:06:15.431Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Application of Thermodynamic Sorption Models to Distribution Coefficients of Radionuclides in Bentonite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Ochs
Affiliation:
BMG Engineering Ltd, Ifangstrasse 11, CH-8952 Ziirich-Schlieren, Switzerland
B. Lothenbach
Affiliation:
BMG Engineering Ltd, Ifangstrasse 11, CH-8952 Ziirich-Schlieren, Switzerland
M. Yui
Affiliation:
Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Tokai-mura, 319-11Japan
Get access

Abstract

The application of thermodynamic models to calculate Kd values for Sr/Ra and Pb on bentonite is demonstrated. The model discussed here can be used to identify relevant sorption processes, as well as other factors that determine Kd values, such as impurities contained in bentonite or artifacts (precipitation); i.e. it can be used to conduct sensitivity analyses of Kd values. Kd values can be modeled over a very wide range, indicating that such models may also be used for an evaluation of experimental data, and for predictive purposes where no such data are available.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1 Wanner, H., Nucl. Technol. 79, 338347 (1987).Google Scholar
2 Wanner, H., Albinsson, Y., Karnland, O., Wieland, E., Wersin, P., and Charlet, L., Radiochim. Acta 66/67, 157162 (1994).Google Scholar
3 Westall, J.C., Zachary, J.L., and Morel, F.M.M., (1976), MIT Technical Note 18, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.Google Scholar
4 Pearson, F. J. Jr., and Berner, U., Nagra Technical Report NTB 91-17, Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland, 1991.Google Scholar
5 Pearson, F. J. Jr., Berner, U., and Hummel, W., Nagra NTB 91-18, Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland, 1991.Google Scholar
6 Fletcher, P. and Sposito, G., Clays Clay Miner. 24, 375391 (1989).Google Scholar
7 Wanner, H., Nagra NTB 86-21, Baden, Switzerland, 1986.Google Scholar
8 Wanner, H., Wersin, P. and Sierro, N., SKB Technical Report TR 92-37, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992.Google Scholar
9 Schindler, P. W., Liechti, P., and Westall, J. C., Netherlands J. Agricultural Sci. 35, 219230 (1987).Google Scholar
10 Wieland, E., Wanner, H., Albinsson, Y., Wersin, P. and Karnland, O., SKB Technical Report TR 94-26, Stockholm, Sweden, 1994.Google Scholar
11 Lothenbach, B., Furrer, G. and Schulin, R., Environ. Sci. Technol. 31, 14521462 (1997).Google Scholar
12 Smith, R.E. and Martell, A.E., Critical Stability Constants. Vol. 4: Inorganic complexes, (Plenum Press, New York, 1976).Google Scholar
13 Hohl, H. and, W. Stumm, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 55, 281288 (1976).Google Scholar
14 Benes, P., Borovec, Z. and Strejc, P., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 89, 339351 (1985).Google Scholar
15 Ames, L.L., McGarrah, J.E. and Walker, B.A., Clays Clay Min. 5, 335342 (1983).Google Scholar
16 Muurinen, A., Rantanen, J. and Penttiläi-Hiltunen, P., Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 50, 617624 (1985).Google Scholar
17 Muurinen, A., Penttilä-Hiltunen, P. and Rantanen, J., Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 84, 803812 (1987).Google Scholar
18 Eriksen, T.E. and Jansson, M., SKB Technical Report TR 96-16, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996.Google Scholar
19 Ohnuki, T. and Kozai, N., Radiochim. Acta 66/67, 325331 (1994).Google Scholar
20 Müller-Vonmoos, M. and Kahr, G., Nagra NTB 83-12, Baden, Switzerland. (1983).Google Scholar
21 Wanner, H., Wersin, P. and Sierro, N., SKB TR 92-37, Stockholm, Sweden. (1992).Google Scholar
22 Schulthess, C.P. and Huang, C.P., Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 54, 679688 (1990).Google Scholar
23 Griffin, R.A. and Au, A.K., Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 41, 880882 (1977).Google Scholar
24 Kruse, K., Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Geotechnik 203, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, 1993, in German.Google Scholar
25 Ulrich, H.J., and Degueldre, C., Radiochim. Acta 62, 8190 (1993).Google Scholar
26 Stumm, W. and J.J., , Morgan, Aquatic Chemistry: Chemical Equilibria and Rates in Natural Waters, 3rd ed. (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996), p. 896.Google Scholar