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Impact of Silicon Migration Through Buffer Material on the Lifetime of Vitrified Waste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Seiichiro Mitsui ,
Hitoshi Makino ,
Manabu Inagaki  and
Takanori Ebina
Seiichiro Mitsui
Affiliation:
Geological Isolation Research and Development Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1194, Japan
Hitoshi Makino
Affiliation:
Geological Isolation Research and Development Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1194, Japan
Manabu Inagaki
Affiliation:
Geological Isolation Research and Development Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1194, Japan
Takanori Ebina
Affiliation:
NESI Incorporated, 4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1112, Japan
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Abstract

A sensitivity analysis was conducted to evaluate the impact of silicon migration through buffer material on the lifetime of vitrified waste. The results indicate that the lifetime depends on a combination of the dissolved glass fraction in the non-steady-state phase controlled by the silicon pore diffusion coefficient (Dp) and the silicon distribution coefficient (Kd) in the buffer material and the steady-state dissolution rate defined by Dp and the groundwater flow rate (Q) in the excavation disturbed zone. In the case where the glass dissolution rate reaches the steady-state dissolution rate, the sensitivity of the lifetime to Dp and Q varies according to the magnitude relationship between Dp and Q. We also discuss the impact on the lifetime of glass hydration, which proceeds simultaneously with glass matrix dissolution. The results show that glass hydration is less important for the lifetime than glass matrix dissolution in an open system and it can be concluded that silicon migration through the buffer material will be an important process for estimating the lifetime of the vitrified waste. A preliminary calculation of the long-term waste behavior with realistic assumptions indicates the importance of the silicon migration parameters Kd and Dp, which control the dissolution behavior of the vitrified waste in the non-steady-state phase, for evaluating radionuclide release.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1193: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXIII , 2009 , 397
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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