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The Effect of Temperature on the Sorption of Technetium, Uranium, Neptunium and Curium on Bentonite, Tuff and Granodiorite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

G M N Baston ,
J A Berry ,
M Brownsword ,
T G Heath ,
D J Blett ,
C J Tweed  and
M Yui
G M N Baston
Affiliation:
AEA Technology pic, 220 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
J A Berry
Affiliation:
AEA Technology pic, 220 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
M Brownsword
Affiliation:
AEA Technology pic, 220 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
T G Heath
Affiliation:
AEA Technology pic, 220 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
D J Blett
Affiliation:
AEA Technology pic, 220 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
C J Tweed
Affiliation:
AEA Technology pic, 220 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
M Yui
Affiliation:
Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Tokai Works, Ibaraki, Japan
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Abstract

A study of the sorption of the radioelements: technetium; uranium; neptunium; and curium onto geological materials has been carried out as part of the PNC programme to increase confidence in the performance assessment for a high-level radioactive waste repository in Japan. Batch sorption experiments have been performed in order to study the sorption of the radioelements onto bentonite, tuff and granodiorite from equilibrated de-ionised water under strongly-reducing conditions at both room temperature and at 60°C.

Mathematical modelling using the geochemical speciation program HARPHRQ in conjunction with the HATCHES database has been undertaken in order to interpret the experimental results.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 465: Symposium II – Scienfific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX , 1996 , 805
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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