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Strontium-Basalt Reactions Under Nuclear Waste Repository Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Sridhar Komarneni
Sridhar Komarneni*
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

Hydrothermal interactions of Sr as strontium chloride or hydroxide with basalts or basalt phases were investigated at 300°C for 4 and/or 12 weeks under a confining pressure of 30MPa. The nature and extent of Sr immobilization varied with the Sr source and with the basalt or basalt phase which immobilized up to 99.99% of the added Sr. The main mechanism of Sr fixation with basalts seems to be ion exchange when SrCl2 was the Sr source. Among the basalt phases, basalt glass was the most effective for SrCl2 immobilization by probably forming new strontium mineral phases. However, when Sr(OH)2 reacted with basalts or basalt phases Sr was immobilized by the crystallization of strontium aluminosilicates such as SrAl2Si2O8 . These results of Sr-nearfield interactions in a basalt repository indicate that basalt can be a good barrier for Sr migration from nuclear wastes.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 6: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management IV , 1981 , 389
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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