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Inhomogeneous rock compositions and varying dissolution rates affect evolution and shape of leaching zones in potash seams

...<p>Salt deposits host an important industrial raw material and provide storage capacities for energy and nuclear waste.....

Secondary development of a thermo-elastoplastic constitutive model for saturated clay in ABAQUS

...Some projects, such as application of energy piles, underground storage of nuclear waste, geothermal development and laying of heat pipes, are necessary to consider the effect of temperature on the mechanical properties of clay.....

Solving a Wicked Problem in Deep Time: Nuclear Waste Disposal

...A promising young scholar, Ialenti has already published several provocative papers on nuclear wastes.....

The effect of Sr resin cartridge age on stable Sr recovery methods used in Sr-90 analysis

...Radioactive strontium is a nuclear fission decay product found in industrial products and nuclear waste and is released during nuclear accidents.....

Irradiation-stable hydrous titanium oxide-immobilized collagen fibers for uranium removal from radioactive wastewater.

...Developing efficient adsorbents with radiation stability for uranium removal from nuclear wastewater is greatly important for resource sustainability and environmental safety in manufacturing nuclear fuel.....

First principles prediction of exceptional mechanical and electronic behaviour of Titanite (CaTiSiO5)

...Titanite (CaTiSiO5) is a naturally occurring silicate phase, recently recognised as a potential material for immobilization of nuclear wastes, high-end ceramic lining and optical device development.....

Design of a solar reactor for the removal of uranium from simulated nuclear wastewater with oil-apatite ELM system

...Nuclear wastewater containing uranium ions is a serious threat to the environment.....

The Experimental Study of Innovative Methods Regarding the Removal of Sm(III)

...The results obtained in this paper are topical in the production of electrode coating components, welding fluxes, sorbents for nuclear wastewater burial, wastewater treatment, highly porous heat-insulating and fire-resistant materials, cement, and concrete with improved frost resistance.....

EcoMug: An Efficient COsmic MUon Generator for cosmic-ray muon applications

...Measurements of flux attenuation (radiography) and scattering angles (tomography) of CR muons have been successfully applied to the inspection or monitoring of large natural and civil structures, to the search for heavy metals in container and trucks, to the control of nuclear wastes , and much more.....

Structural, paramagnetic centres and luminescence investigations of the UV radiation-emitting BaZrO3:Gd3+ perovskite ceramic prepared via sol-gel route

...Perovskite-type ceramic materials have been widely studied due to their potential use in such applications as electrical, thermal, optical, and immobilizing host materials in nuclear waste.....

Anisotropic Differences in the Thermal Conductivity of Rocks: A Summary from Core Measurement Data in East China

...The study of thermal conductivity anisotropy is of great importance for more accurate heat flow calculations, geodynamic studies, development and utilization of hot dry rock, and simulation of heat transfer in geological reservoirs of nuclear waste, and so on.....

Risk evaluation of radionuclides contamination on soil and groundwater under different scenarios simulating by HYDRUS-1D

...<p>A large number of radionuclides, produced by nuclear accidents or nuclear waste, may cause radioactive contamination in the agricultural and aquatic ecosystems.....

International Benchmark Activity in the Field of Sodium Fast Reactors

...Their closed fuel cycle can support long-term nuclear power development as part of the world’s future energy mix and decrease the burden of nuclear waste.....

Characterization of Americium and Curium Complexes with the Protein Lanmodulin: A Potential Macromolecular Mechanism for Actinide Mobility in the Environment.

...Anthropogenic radionuclides, including long-lived heavy actinides such as americium and curium, represent the primary long-term challenge for management of nuclear waste.....

Phosphine-based covalent organic framework for highly efficient iodine capture

...The efficient capture of nuclear waste such as radionuclide iodine has received more worldwide attention because of the effects of radiation on biological health.....

Metal-organic frameworks as a versatile platform for radionuclide management

...Therefore, understanding the fundamental nature of each species is crucial for designing corresponding binding sites that offer high sorption capacity and selectivity over their competing species in nuclear waste.....

Effects of high-temperature thermal treatment on the porosity of red sandstone: an NMR analysis

...Understanding its mechanism is of great significance in coal mining following underground gasification, geothermal energy utilization, and the deep burial of nuclear waste.....

Hyper-crosslinked tetraphenylborate as a regenerable sorbent for Cs+ sequestration in aqueous media through cation-π interactions.

...Practical adsorbents that could efficiently collect radioactive Cesium (Cs+) are critically important in achieving proper management and treatment measures for nuclear wastes.....

深層地層処分場

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Response of compacted bentonite to hyperalkalinity and thermal history

...The use of compacted bentonite around the high-level nuclear waste canister (HLW) inside the deep geological repository (DGR) ensures the prevention of entry of active radionuclides in the atmosphere due to its noteworthy large swelling ability.....

Delving deeper into cosmogenic 26Al-10Be isochron-burial dating of Swiss Deckenschotter deposits

...</p><p>Knowledge of their age of deposition is necessary for understanding the long-term landscape evolution as well as for assessing the long-term safety of the planned deep geological repository for nuclear waste in northern Switzerland (NTB 14-01, 2014).....

Effects of surface roughness and mineralogy on the sorption of Cm(III) on crystalline rock.

...Crystalline rock is one of the host rocks considered for a future deep geological repository for highly active radiotoxic nuclear waste.....

Uranyl binding mechanism in microcrystalline silicas: A potential missing link for uranium mineralization by direct uranyl co-precipitation and environmental implications

...In addition, new data on the uptake and long-term retention of elevated uranyl contents in microcrystalline silicas extend previous findings from their amorphous counterparts on these materials as an effective sink for uranium attenuation to higher temperatures, important to the storage and disposal of heat-generating nuclear waste in deep geological repositories.....

Influence of cyclic thermal processes on gas migration in saturated GMZ01 bentonite

...To ensure the performance efficiency and long-term operational safety of the engineering barrier in deep geological repositories, it is of great importance to investigate gas migration behavior in the water-saturated bentonite subjected to decay heat generated by the nuclear waste.....

Anisotropic swelling behaviour of unsaturated compacted GMZ bentonite hydrated under vertical stresses

...Bentonite has been considered as a potential buffer/backfill material for construction of engineering barriers in deep geological repository for disposal of high-level nuclear waste.....

On hydro-mechanical response of self-healing and self-sealing fractured geomaterials

...Regaining of strength and decrease in fracture transmissivity are particularly desirable in host rock as well as engineered barrier systems of deep geological repositories for disposal of low and intermediate-level nuclear waste.....

Retention of Iodide and Chloride by Formation of a Green Rust Solid Solution GR-Cl1-xIx: A Multiscale Approach.

...The formation of such LDH compounds in a deep geological repository for nuclear waste thus represents a possible retention barrier to the migration to the far field of anionic species like 36Cl- and 129I- mobilized from the waste matrix.....

Analysis of coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical processes in Callovo-Oxfordian clay rock: From full-scale experiments to the repository scale

...Three-dimensional, fully coupled and efficient THM models for the numerical simulation of deep geological repositories such as the one presented in this study will help in the design of nuclear waste repositories under realistic geological conditions.....

Optimal mixing scheme for graphite–bentonite mixtures used as buffer materials in high-level waste repositories

...The buffer material in deep geological repositories for disposing high-level radioactive nuclear waste must have sufficient thermal conductivity to dissipate the decay heat.....

Cracking and sealing behavior of the compacted bentonite upon technological voids filling

...The technological voids, which are inevitably formed during the construction of the deep geological repository for high-level radioactive nuclear waste, have negative influence on the hydro-mechanical properties of the engineered barrier.....

Calcium bentonite vs sodium bentonite: The potential of calcium bentonite for soil foundation

...Bentonite is a favourable candidate as a sealing material in the deep geological repository to safe storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste in several countries.....

Effect of sand grain size and boundary condition on the swelling behavior of bentonite–sand mixtures

...Deep geological repository is a favorable choice for the long-term disposal of nuclear wastes.....

Effects of NaCl solution on the swelling and shrinkage behavior of compacted bentonite under one-dimensional conditions

...Because of its low hydraulic conductivity, high swelling capacity, and good adsorption properties, Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite has been proposed as a suitable buffer/backfill material for construction of artificial barriers in deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste (HLW) disposal in China.....

地層処分

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High power particle accelerator for driving the nuclear waste transmutation system at nuclear power plant

...The existing technology for treatment of NPP nuclear waste is a deep geological disposal technology.....

Swelling pressure of compacted MX80 bentonite/sand mixture prepared by different methods

...Compacted bentonite/sand mixture have been considered as possible sealing/backfilling material in the deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive nuclear waste.....

Influence of dry density and water salinity on the swelling pressure and hydraulic conductivity of compacted GMZ01 bentonite–sand mixtures

...Compacted Gaomiaozi bentonite–sand mixtures are regarded as attractive buffer/backfill materials for nuclear waste deep geological disposal.....

Prediction of Peak Friction Angle using Photogrammetry and Comparison to Shear Test Results of Metric Scale Rock Fractures

...An accurate understanding of jointed rock mass behavior is important in many applications ranging from deep geological disposal of nuclear waste to deep mining to urban geoengineering projects.....

Experimental Research on the Mechanical Properties of Heated Granite after Rapid Cooling

...Understanding the mechanical properties of the reservoir rock under different temperatures after rapid thermal cooling is necessary for safe and effective deep geoengineering applications, including deep mining projects, deep geological disposal of nuclear waste, and geothermal energy extraction.....

Photogrammetric Prediction of Rock Fracture Properties and Validation with Metric Shear Tests

...An accurate understanding of jointed rock mass behavior is important in many applications ranging from deep geological disposal of nuclear waste, to deep mining, and to urban geoengineering projects.....

Monte-Carlo based investigation of individual dosimetry in deep geological repository for high-level nuclear waste with consideration of realistic body postures

...Deep geological disposal with provisions for retrieval is one of the most promising strategies for the definite management of high-level nuclear waste.....

Voluntarism in Siting Nuclear Waste Disposal Facilities

...This chapter analyses the issue of siting deep geological disposal (DGD) facilities for high level nuclear waste and questions whether voluntarism can ease siting procedures.....

原子力発電所

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The Cold Fusion Phenomenon – Nuclear Reactions in the CF Materials at Around Room Temperature

...In addition to these events, there occurs the stabilization of unstable nuclei, including the decay-time shortening of radioactive nuclei, which is especially interesting to apply it to treat hazardous nuclear waste produced by the nuclear power plant.....

Cs absorption capacity and selectivity of crystalline and amorphous Hf and Zr phosphates

...Removal of radioactive Cs from sodium-rich solutions is a technical challenge that goes back to post World War II nuclear waste storage and treatment; and interest in this topic was reinvigorated by the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, 10 years ago.....

Reproduction strategy of radiation data with compensation of data loss using a deep learning technique

...In nuclear-related facilities, such as nuclear power plants, research reactors, accelerators, and nuclear waste storage sites, radiation detection, and mapping are required to prevent radiation overexposure.....

Consistency and shielding efficiency of cement-bitumen composite for use as gamma-radiation shielding material

...As major outcome, this novel composite material could be safely applied in encapsulating or disposing hazardous nuclear waste generated by non-military applications (nuclear power plants) for efficient shielding of the environment from precarious γ-radiation.....

Design and Development of a Dexterous Master Glove for Nuclear Waste Telemanipulation

...Such solutions, which were perfectly adapted for handling a limited quantity and variety of radioactive material, are however no more sufficient when processing huge quantities of nuclear waste accumulated over time and/or produced at the occasion of dismantling operations occurring decades later at the end of the nuclear power plants lifecycle.....

Transporting and Storing High-Level Nuclear Waste in the U.S.—Insights from a Mathematical Model

...The nuclear industry in the United States of America has accumulated about 70,000 metric tons of high-level nuclear waste over the past decades; at present, this waste is temporarily stored close to the nuclear power plants.....

90Sr/90Y determination in milk by Cherenkov radiation after microwave digestion

...Obtained results set method’s limit on a screening test for emergency situations only (uncontrolled nuclear waste discharges/nuclear power plant accidents etc.....

高レベルの放射性物質

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High-entropy A2B2O7-type oxide ceramics: A potential immobilising matrix for high-level radioactive waste.

...The sustainable development of civil nuclear energy requires the fabrication of the durable nuclear wasteforms, in particular for high-level radioactive waste, which involves the design of the composition and microstructure.....

Solubility, structure transition and chemical durability of Th-doped Nd2Zr2O7 pyrochlore

...The present work provides a potential synthetic method and nuclear waste forms for the immobilization of high-level radioactive waste in the nuclear industry.....

Active source seismic imaging on near-surface granite body: case study of siting a geological disposal repository for high-level radioactive nuclear waste

...In order to research whether it is suitable to set a geological disposal repository for high-level radioactive nuclear waste into one target granite body, two active source seismic profiles were arranged near a small town named Tamusu, Western China.....

The Power and Limits of Classification: Radioactive Waste Categories as Reshaped by Disposal Options

...This analysis flips the conventional notion of high-level radioactive waste on its head: Instead of asking what management option should be preferred to deal with nuclear waste, the chosen disposal option has a decisive influence on what counts as radioactive waste in the first place.....

Thermo-mechanical characterization of shale using nanoindentation

...Shale can be a potential buffer for high-level radioactive nuclear wastes.....

A “Deliberative Turn” in German Nuclear Waste Governance?

...In an effort to overcome the stalemate in nuclear waste governance (NWG) in Germany, a “Commission on the Storage of High-Level Radioactive Waste” was established in 2014 and tasked with providing detailed, in-depth recommendations on the selection process.....

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Amorphous SiO2, B2O3, Na2O-SiO2, Na2O-B2O3, Na2O-B2O3-SiO2 Glasses with Variable Composition and with Cs2O and SrO Dopants.

...Selection of suitable glass composition for vitrification of high level radioactive waste (HLW) is one of the major challenges in the nuclear waste reprocessing.....

使用済み核燃料

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Nondestructive Quantitative Analysis of Difficult-to-Measure Radionuclides 107Pd and 99Tc.

...Considering the expanding demand for nuclear waste management of the spent nuclear fuel materials in near future, a nondestructive analytical scheme applicable to one of the most difficult-to-measure nuclides 107Pd, which emits no decay γ-rays and whose half-life is too long to be decayed out during a human lifetime, was designed.....

Waiting for waste: Nuclear imagination and the politics of distant futures in Finland

...To manage nuclear waste, Finland began constructing the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository, which is the first structure in the world engineered to last over one hundred millennia.....

Health risk analysis as per radiation and chemical factors in a zone influenced by a nuclear legacy object in the north-western part of Russia

...At present spent nuclear fuel is being extracted from ship reactors with liquid-metal coolant and nuclear wastes that have been accumulated during active operations are being treated.....

Neutronic Calculations for Certain Americium Mixed Fuels and Clads in a Boiling Water Reactor

...In this study, americium (Am), which is found in the minor actinidine (MA) of spent nuclear fuel known as nuclear waste from existing reactors, was used as fuel with the addition of oxygen and fluorine.....

Radiation synthesis of ionic liquid–functionalized silica-based adsorbents: a preliminary investigation on its application for removal of ReO4− as an analog for TcO4−

...The decontamination of radioactive TcO 4 − from nuclear wastes is becoming increasingly crucial for spent nuclear fuel reprocessing and environmental remediation.....

Experimental and modeling studies of PR and ND oxalate solubility to high ionic strengths: Insight into actinide(III) oxalates

...Actinide oxalates are chemical compounds important to nuclear industry, ranging from actinide separation in waste reprocessing, to production of specialty actinides, and to disposal of high level nuclear waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF).....

ハイレベルな処分

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A double-layered model for near-field temperature in a nuclear waste repository

...The temperature distribution is an important issue for the design and safety assessment of the repository for disposing high-level radioactive nuclear waste (HLRW).....

An analytical solution of temperature in a nuclear waste repository

...The temperature distribution is an important issue for the design and safety assessment of the repository for disposing high-level radioactive nuclear waste (HLRW).....

Intergenerational Ethical Issues and Communication Related to High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositories

...The nuclear power industry started in the 1950s and has now reached a phase of disposing high-level nuclear waste.....

レベル核廃棄物

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Correlation between anion related defects and ion beam induced luminescence in Y4Zr3O12

...m tr lsc i] 2 2 M ay 2 02 1 The oxygen deficient fluorite compounds, pyrochlore (A2B2O7, Fd3̄m), disordered fluorite (A2B2O7, Fm3̄m), monoclinic pyrochlore (A2B2O7, P21) and δ-phase (A4B3O12, R3̄), (A and B are rare earth transition metal species) are capable of surviving extreme radiation environments at elevated temperatures without amorphization and hence widely recognized as potential hosts for the immobilization of high level nuclear waste [1].....

Response of compacted bentonite to hyperalkalinity and thermal history

...The use of compacted bentonite around the high-level nuclear waste canister (HLW) inside the deep geological repository (DGR) ensures the prevention of entry of active radionuclides in the atmosphere due to its noteworthy large swelling ability.....

Re-examining the role of nuclear fusion in a renewables-based energy mix

...We review three factors affecting fusion's future trajectory: (1) the significant drop in the price of renewable energy, (2) the intermittency of renewable sources and implications for future energy grids, and (3) the recent proposition of intermediate-level nuclear waste as a product of fusion.....

Political Mediation in Nuclear Waste Management: a Foucauldian Perspective

...Our analysis implies that the practical implementation of a high-level nuclear waste (HLW) management strategy will require the “stitching together” of these different mediations, which is an inherently political task.....

Influence of ionic strength on hydrogen generation during interaction of copper with deoxygenated neutral solution

...Interaction of copper with deoxygenated solutions is key to quantify corrosion during long-term exposure in a final high-level nuclear waste repository.....

Non-isothermal water retention curve model for adsorption

...Non-isothermal water retention curve (WRC) in high suction range is a fundamental and interpretative tool to describe the behavior of bentonite and is crucial to ensure the safety and effective operation of high-level nuclear waste repository.....

Combined effects of temperature and salt solution on swelling of GMZ01 bentonite–sand mixtures

...In order to dispose of high level nuclear waste during the operation of underground geological repositories, the buffer/backfill performance of bentonite–based material might be affected by the combined influence of temperature field and infiltrating groundwater thereby leading to uncertainties in the safe operation of repositories.....

Building the bridge between U(VI) and Ca-bentonite - Influence of concentration, ionic strength, pH, clay composition and competing ions.

...In the context of a high-level nuclear waste disposal, the retention of U(VI) on non-pre-treated Ca-bentonite as potential technical barrier is studied.....

Corrosion-Enhancing and Corrosion-Reducing Accessories in Bentonite Surrounding Copper-Shielded Containers for Nuclear Waste

...The standard design for the underground disposal of high-level nuclear waste consists of a carbon steel container that hosts the waste shielded by a 5-cm-thick layer of corrosion-resistant.....

First direct determination of the 93Mo half-life

...Due to the man-made production of 93Mo in nuclear facilities, the result leads to significantly increased precision for modelling the low-level nuclear waste composition.....

Theoretical and Numerical Study on Electrical Resistivity Measurement of Cylindrical Rock Core Samples Using Perimeter Electrodes

...The estimation of hydraulic and mechanical properties of bedrock is important for the evaluation of energy-related structures, including high-level nuclear waste repositories, hydraulic fracturing wells, and gas-hydrate production wells.....

Impact of rock fracture geometry on geotechnical barrier integrity – A numerical study

...An increase of up to ~83% in erosion rate compared to the constant aperture case highlights the need to consider fracture aperture heterogeneity and its effect on the bentonite erosion in the assessment of the safety and evolution of a high-level nuclear waste repository.....

Hydro-geochemical processes in the emplacement cavern of a low and intermediate-level waste repository in an indurated clay-rock

...By 2080, Germany will have to store around 600 000 m 3 of low and intermediate-level nuclear waste (L-ILW) with negligible heat generation.....

Estimation of stress and stress-induced permeability change in a geological nuclear waste repository in a thermo-hydrologically coupled simulation

...Geologic disposal is a promising solution for a safe permanent isolation of accumulated high-level nuclear waste from nuclear powerplants.....

Thermo-mechanical loading tests on model cave made of man-made rock and corresponding finite element analyses

...Geological repository of high-level nuclear waste (HLNW), the most feasible approach for the safe and permanent treatment of HLNW without human intervention, has been investigated for years by many researchers.....

Anisotropic swelling behaviour of unsaturated compacted GMZ bentonite hydrated under vertical stresses

...Bentonite has been considered as a potential buffer/backfill material for construction of engineering barriers in deep geological repository for disposal of high-level nuclear waste.....

On hydro-mechanical response of self-healing and self-sealing fractured geomaterials

...Regaining of strength and decrease in fracture transmissivity are particularly desirable in host rock as well as engineered barrier systems of deep geological repositories for disposal of low and intermediate-level nuclear waste.....

Lead/lead-alloy as a corrosion-resistant outer layer packaging material for high level nuclear waste disposal

...Safe disposal of high-level nuclear waste (HLW) is a challenging problem world-wide.....

Photon-In/Photon-Out X-ray Free-Electron Laser Studies of Radiolysis

...Ultimately, these methods will be applied to understanding radiation effects in complex aqueous solutions present in high-level nuclear waste.....

Monte-Carlo based investigation of individual dosimetry in deep geological repository for high-level nuclear waste with consideration of realistic body postures

...Deep geological disposal with provisions for retrieval is one of the most promising strategies for the definite management of high-level nuclear waste.....

Fractal approach in expansive clay-based materials with special focus on compacted GMZ bentonite in nuclear waste disposal: a systematic review

...Knowledge of the behavior of highly compacted expansive clays, as an engineered barrier, in disposal of high-level nuclear waste (HLW) systems to prevent the pollution due to migration of radionuclide is extremely essential.....

CASRock—a code to simulate THMC processes in fractured geological media

...Several applications, including &#160;in the background of high level nuclear waste disposal are provided to show the abilities of CASRock in the simulation of coupling processes between physical fields.....

Experimental and modeling studies of PR and ND oxalate solubility to high ionic strengths: Insight into actinide(III) oxalates

...Actinide oxalates are chemical compounds important to nuclear industry, ranging from actinide separation in waste reprocessing, to production of specialty actinides, and to disposal of high level nuclear waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF).....

Corrosion of ternary borosilicate glass in acidic solution studied in operando by fluid-cell Raman spectroscopy

...A currently heavily debated example is the corrosion mechanism of borosilicate glasses, which are the favoured material for the immobilization of high-level nuclear waste.....

Aggregation and organic phase splitting behavior of a synergic extractant system probed by dynamic light scattering spectroscopy

...A synergic solution of N,N-di-n-octyl-2-hydroxyacetamide (DOHyA) and bis-(2-ethylhexyl)diglycolamic acid (HDEHDGA) in n-dodecane has been proposed for the single-cycle separation of Am(III) and Cm(III) from high-level nuclear waste containing chemically similar lanthanides in 3–4 M nitric acid medium.....

Intergenerational Ethical Issues and Communication Related to High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositories

...The nuclear power industry started in the 1950s and has now reached a phase of disposing high-level nuclear waste.....

Voluntarism in Siting Nuclear Waste Disposal Facilities

...This chapter analyses the issue of siting deep geological disposal (DGD) facilities for high level nuclear waste and questions whether voluntarism can ease siting procedures.....

Transporting and Storing High-Level Nuclear Waste in the U.S.—Insights from a Mathematical Model

...The nuclear industry in the United States of America has accumulated about 70,000 metric tons of high-level nuclear waste over the past decades; at present, this waste is temporarily stored close to the nuclear power plants.....

Effects of NaCl solution on the swelling and shrinkage behavior of compacted bentonite under one-dimensional conditions

...Because of its low hydraulic conductivity, high swelling capacity, and good adsorption properties, Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite has been proposed as a suitable buffer/backfill material for construction of artificial barriers in deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste (HLW) disposal in China.....

Studies of the Complexation of Gluconate with Th(IV) in Acidic Solutions: Stability Constant Determination and Coordination Mode Analysis.

...Gluconate is a multidentate ligand and its complexation with actinides has received increasing attention because of its existence in high level nuclear wastes as well as in nuclear waste repositories.....

放射性核廃棄物

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A double-layered model for near-field temperature in a nuclear waste repository

...The temperature distribution is an important issue for the design and safety assessment of the repository for disposing high-level radioactive nuclear waste (HLRW).....

Active source seismic imaging on near-surface granite body: case study of siting a geological disposal repository for high-level radioactive nuclear waste

...In order to research whether it is suitable to set a geological disposal repository for high-level radioactive nuclear waste into one target granite body, two active source seismic profiles were arranged near a small town named Tamusu, Western China.....

From individual response to population ecology: Environmental factors restricting survival of vegetative bacteria at solid-air interfaces.

...Gaining insights about important ecological processes leading to inhibition of microbial survival under extreme conditions, such as vicinity of highly radioactive nuclear waste, is key for improving engineering designs.....

Swelling pressure of compacted MX80 bentonite/sand mixture prepared by different methods

...Compacted bentonite/sand mixture have been considered as possible sealing/backfilling material in the deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive nuclear waste.....

Ignition and flame propagation in hydrogen-air layers from a geological nuclear waste repository: A preliminary study

...In the geological repository of radioactive nuclear waste, anaerobic corrosion can generate hydrogen, and may conservatively lead to the production of hydrogen-air layer.....

Ionic Functionalization of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks to Achieve Exceptionally High Iodine Capture Capacity.

...Adsorption-based iodine (I 2 ) capture is of great potential for the treatment of radioactive nuclear waste.....

Optimal mixing scheme for graphite–bentonite mixtures used as buffer materials in high-level waste repositories

...The buffer material in deep geological repositories for disposing high-level radioactive nuclear waste must have sufficient thermal conductivity to dissipate the decay heat.....

Cracking and sealing behavior of the compacted bentonite upon technological voids filling

...The technological voids, which are inevitably formed during the construction of the deep geological repository for high-level radioactive nuclear waste, have negative influence on the hydro-mechanical properties of the engineered barrier.....

Calcium bentonite vs sodium bentonite: The potential of calcium bentonite for soil foundation

...Bentonite is a favourable candidate as a sealing material in the deep geological repository to safe storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste in several countries.....

Safer-than: Making Nuclear Waste Disposal More Familiar

...ABSTRACT Geological disposal has been proposed as the solution for managing the most radioactive nuclear wastes.....

An analytical solution of temperature in a nuclear waste repository

...The temperature distribution is an important issue for the design and safety assessment of the repository for disposing high-level radioactive nuclear waste (HLRW).....

Thermo-mechanical characterization of shale using nanoindentation

...Shale can be a potential buffer for high-level radioactive nuclear wastes.....

Characterization of novel SeTeSn Chalcogenide Glassy Alloy (STS ChGA) as shielding material: Case study of its resistance against γ-ray irradiation for nuclear waste immobilization applications

...Intense investigations are in progress globally towards the immobilization of radioactive and non-radioactive nuclear waste by their direct vitrification or by using novel glassy materials as an alternate shield.....

Experimental evidence on formation of ulexite in sulfoaluminate cement paste mixed with high concentration borate solution and its retarding effects

...Calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement is one of the potential candidates for the solidification of low and intermediate level radioactive nuclear waste which comprises high borate concentrations.....

地質核廃棄物

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THM analysIs of natural and engineered barriers for large excavations in deep nuclear waste repository

...&#160;Andra is leading the design of a deep geological nuclear waste repository to be located in the Callovo-Oxfordian formation.....

Mechanical and hydraulic properties of the excavation damaged zone (EDZ) in the Opalinus Clay of the Mont Terri rock laboratory, Switzerland

...Especially in the context of deep geological nuclear waste disposal, the evolving excavation damaged zone (EDZ) in the near field of emplacement tunnels is of utmost importance concerning safety aspects.....

Geopolymer local network evolution under time and temperature

...The aim was to evaluate the structural evolution of potassium metakaolin based geopolymer as a function of time and temperature for geological nuclear waste disposal applications.....

Effect of interfaces on gas breaktrough pressure in compacted bentonite used as engineered barrier for radioactive waste disposal

...In a deep geological nuclear waste repository gas can be generated by different processes.....

Pellets/block bentonite barriers: Laboratory study of their evolution upon hydration

...Some deep geological nuclear waste disposal concepts are considering the installation around the waste canisters of bentonite barriers made up of two components: highly compacted blocks to support the canister and a granular buffer material consisting of bentonite pellets to fill the rest of the disposal gallery.....

Fracture failure of granite after varied durations of thermal treatment: an experimental study

...In geological nuclear waste storage repositories, the decay of radioactive elements generates heat, exposing the reservoir rocks to high-temperature conditions for long periods.....

Laboratory tensile strength testing of clay soils using direct measurement

...Clay has wide application in engineered barriers, such as buffer barriers in deep geological nuclear waste disposal, clay liners in landfill, and earthen slopes and embankments, to name a few.....

潜在的な核廃棄物

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Hydrogeological simulation of sedimentary basin evolution during a glacial cycle

...In order to properly understand the present and future conditions of potential nuclear waste repository sites, we need to simulate the past history.....

Robustness Study of Electro-Nuclear Scenario under Disruption

...Minimization of all potential nuclear wastes without SFR deployment in 2180.....

Chemical durability and surface alteration of lanthanide zirconates (A2Zr2O7: A = La-Yb)

...Chemical durability of lanthanide zirconates (A2Zr2O7) (A = La-Yb) under near-field environments is important for evaluating their application as potential nuclear waste forms.....

Impact of Surface Reactivity on the Simulation of Mineral Dissolution Rates

..., weathering, building materials, as well as host rock characterization for potential nuclear waste repositories.....

Solubility Product of Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl at 25 °C—A Comprehensive Approach to Incongruent Dissolution Modeling

...Although vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl) occurs in abundance in various terrestrial geochemical systems of natural and anthropogenic origin and is seriously considered as a potential nuclear waste sequestering agent, its actual application is severely limited by a lack of understanding of its basic thermodynamic parameters.....

Rare-Earth Orthophosphates From Atomistic Simulations

...Lanthanide phosphates (LnPO4) are considered as a potential nuclear waste form for immobilization of Pu and minor actinides (Np, Am, and Cm).....

地下核廃棄物

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A water retention model accounting for void ratio changes in double porosity clays

...The proposed retention model might be applied, for example, to the simulation of the hydromechanical behaviour of engineered bentonite barriers in underground nuclear waste repositories, where compacted active clays are subjected to changes of both suction and porosity structure under restrained volume conditions.....

Experimental study correlating damage and permeability in concrete using confined, flattened Brazilian disks

...The advancement of models that couple transport properties to mechanical responses are of interest in the fields of carbon sequestration, hydrofracking, production of geothermal energy, induced seismicity, and underground nuclear waste storage, and these experiments validate a novel experimental approach towards investigating hydro-mechanical relationships.....

Modelling coseismic displacements of fracture systems in crystalline rock during large earthquakes: Implications for the safety of nuclear waste repositories

...Crystalline rock has been tested/selected by many countries for developing underground nuclear waste repositories at ~500 m depth to achieve geological isolation of high-level, long-lived radioactive waste.....

Speciation by XANES of copper migrated into compacted bentonite using electromigration techniques

...Copper is a promising overpack material for deep underground nuclear waste disposal, although it is susceptible to corrosion following closure of the repository, and subsequent migration of the corrosion products through the buffer material may affect the migration of redox-sensitive radionuclides.....

活動 核廃棄物

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Long term effects of gamma irradiation on in-service concrete structures

...Some samples were kept under in-service operating conditions in a higher activity nuclear waste store whilst control samples were kept in normal atmospheric conditions on the nuclear site.....

Chromium and vanadium incorporation in sulfate-containing sodium aluminoborosilicate glass

...In the composition space for Hanford low-activity nuclear waste glass, the waste loading of some formulations is limited by poor incorporation of sulfate.....

Use of Terbium Doped Phosphate Glasses for High Dose Radiation Dosimetry—Thermoluminescence Characteristics, Dose Response and Optimization of Readout Method

...The phosphate glass samples doped with Tb2O3 oxide (general formula: P2O5-Al2O3-Na2O-Tb2O3) were synthesized and studied for usage in high-dose radiation dosimetry (for example, in high-activity nuclear waste disposals).....

危険な核廃棄物

学術論文

Machine Learning Tools for Fossil and Geothermal Energy Production and Carbon Geo-sequestration—a Step Towards Energy Digitization and Geoscientific Digitalization

...Subsurface earth can store the energy produced from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, and could provide safe storage of contaminants and hazardous nuclear waste.....

The Cold Fusion Phenomenon – Nuclear Reactions in the CF Materials at Around Room Temperature

...In addition to these events, there occurs the stabilization of unstable nuclei, including the decay-time shortening of radioactive nuclei, which is especially interesting to apply it to treat hazardous nuclear waste produced by the nuclear power plant.....

Consistency and shielding efficiency of cement-bitumen composite for use as gamma-radiation shielding material

...As major outcome, this novel composite material could be safely applied in encapsulating or disposing hazardous nuclear waste generated by non-military applications (nuclear power plants) for efficient shielding of the environment from precarious γ-radiation.....

核廃棄物の封じ込め

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Metal-free 2D/2D C3N5/GO nanosheets with customized energy-level structure for radioactive nuclear wastewater treatment.

...How to efficiently treat radioactive uranium-containing nuclear wastewater is one of the significant challenges to ensure the safety of nuclear technology and to avoid environmental pollution.....

Rapid transformation from Cs-geopolymers to Cs-defined ceramics by microwave sintering

...Cs-defined ceramics are considered to be ideal solidification forms for 137Cs with high solubility, high volatility, and high mobility in Cs-containing nuclear wastes.....

An anionic potassium-organic framework for selective removal of uranyl ions.

...These results indicate the great potential of UPC-K1 in the treatment of uranium-containing nuclear wastewater.....

揮発性核廃棄物

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CN linked covalent organic framework for the efficient adsorption of iodine in vapor and solution

...Volatile nuclear wastes, such as iodine, have received worldwide attention because it poses risks to public safety and pollutes the environment.....

Corrigendum: High-Silica CHA Zeolite Membrane with Ultra-High Selectivity and Irradiation Stability for Krypton/Xenon Separation.

...Together with the excellent irradiation stability, high-silica CHA zeolite membranes pave the way to separate radioactive Kr from Xe for a notable reduction of the volatile nuclear waste storage volume.....

High‐Silica CHA Zeolite Membrane with Ultra‐High Selectivity and Irradiation Stability for Krypton/Xenon Separation

...Together with the excellent irradiation stability, high‐silica CHA zeolite membranes pave the way to separate radioactive Kr from Xe for a notable reduction of the volatile nuclear waste storage volume.....

アルカリ性核廃棄物

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Task-Specific Tailored Cationic Polymeric Network with High Base-Resistance for Unprecedented 99TcO4– Cleanup from Alkaline Nuclear Waste

...Direct removal of 99TcO4– from alkaline nuclear waste is desirable because of the nuclear waste management and environmental protection relevant to nuclear energy but is yet to be achieved given that combined features of decent base-resistance and high uptake selectivity toward anions with low charge density have not been integrated into a single anion-exchange material.....

Efficient Sr-90 removal from highly alkaline solution by an ultrastable crystalline zirconium phosphonate.

...9 × 105 mL g-1), demonstrating the potential application of SZ-7 for 90Sr removal in highly alkaline nuclear waste.....

Nitrate and nitrite incompatibility with hydroxide ions in concentrated NaOH solutions: Implications for hydroxide and gibbsite reactivity in alkaline nuclear waste

...Electrolyte solutions in alkaline nuclear waste contain aluminate, hydroxide, nitrate and nitrite with sodium as the predominant counterion.....

シミュレートされた核廃棄物

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Synthesis of nano-crystalline zeolite-A and zeolite-X from Indian coal fly ash, its characterization and performance evaluation for the removal of Cs+ and Sr2+ from simulated nuclear waste.

...The ion exchange capacities of these nano-crystalline zeolites were evaluated by using simulated nuclear waste solutions containing Cs+or Sr2+ ions.....

Thermal evolution effects on the properties of converting Cs-polluted soil into pollucite-base glass-ceramics for radioactive cesium immobilization

...In this paper, the effects of heat treatment on the structure and properties of Cs-containing glass-ceramics, as a simulated nuclear waste form, were systematically investigated.....

Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis of Sm and Zr Co-doped Gd2Ti2O7 Pyrochlore Ceramics as Nuclear Waste Forms

...We reported a rapid synthesis of Sm3+/Zr4+ co-doped Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore simulated nuclear wastes solidification by self-propagation plus quick pressing technique.....

液体核廃棄物

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In situ DRIFTS-MS study of EDTA photocatalytic degradation

...Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is often detected as contaminant in domestic wastewater (DWW) and liquid nuclear waste (LNW).....

Layered Thiostannates with Distinct Arrangements of Mixed Cations for the Selective Capture of Cs+, Sr2+, and Eu3+ Ions.

...The selective capture of radioactive cesium, strontium, and lanthanides from liquid nuclear waste is of great significance to environmental remediation and human health.....

核廃棄物の処理

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Management of the Energy and Economic Potential of Nuclear Waste Use

...Recently, issues related to the effects (benefit or harm) of processing nuclear waste and its further use as fuel have been increasingly often raised in the scientific discussion.....

Deep Eutectic Solvents: Promising Co-solvents to Improve the Extraction Kinetics of CyMe4-BTBP

...In this communication, we report on the use of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) for processing nuclear waste, with a view to selectively recovering minor actinides (MA) from highly active raffinate solutions.....

Simulating Nuclear Waste

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Corrosion-induced microstructure degradation of copper in sulfide-containing simulated anoxic groundwater studied by synchrotron high-energy X-ray diffraction and ab-initio density functional theory calculation

...Synchrotron high-energy XRD measurements and ab-initio DFT calculations were employed to investigate microstructural degradation of copper upon exposure to sulfide-containing anoxic groundwater simulating nuclear waste repository.....

Remediation of radioiodine using polyamine anion exchange resins

...Two weak base anion exchange resins, Lewatit A365 and Purolite MTS9850, have been tested for the removal of aqueous iodide from conditions simulating nuclear waste reprocessing streams.....

Generating Nuclear Waste

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Uranyl binding mechanism in microcrystalline silicas: A potential missing link for uranium mineralization by direct uranyl co-precipitation and environmental implications

...In addition, new data on the uptake and long-term retention of elevated uranyl contents in microcrystalline silicas extend previous findings from their amorphous counterparts on these materials as an effective sink for uranium attenuation to higher temperatures, important to the storage and disposal of heat-generating nuclear waste in deep geological repositories.....

Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste in Salt: Field Testing and Simulation

...Investigations relating to in-drift disposal of heat-generating nuclear waste in salt have raised questions about heat–brine interactions in the unsaturated run-of-mine (RoM) salt pile used as backfill.....

核廃棄物の削減

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Experimental investigation of uranium extraction from the industrial nuclear waste treatment plant by tri-butyl-phosphate

...With the main object of reducing nuclear waste materials, in this study, numerous influential factors were optimized to find the best conditions for uranium extraction from a nuclear waste using Tri-butyl-phosphate extractant.....

Electrochemical decontamination of irradiated nuclear graphite from corrosion and fission products using molten salt

...A treatment method for nuclear graphite has been developed that removes the majority of multiple contaminants, reducing nuclear waste volumes.....

Stored Nuclear Waste

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Phosphor thermometry for nuclear decommissioning and waste storage

...Reliable surface thermometry of stored nuclear waste containers is essential for both health monitoring and corrosion modelling.....

Retention behavior of anionic radionuclides using metal hydroxide sludge

...To avoid the release of such anionic species from the stored nuclear wastes to the environment.....

核廃棄物の隔離

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Cold Crucible Induction Melting for Production of Murataite Matrices for Immobilization of Actinides

...Crystalline phases are promising materials (matrices) for isolating nuclear waste with long-lived radionuclides, actinides first of all.....

Swelling Properties and Permeability of GMZ Bentonite-Sand Mixtures during Different Solutions Infiltration

...In China, Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite is recognized as a barrier material for isolating nuclear waste.....

核廃棄物処理

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Uranyl oxalate species in high ionic strength environments: stability constants for aqueous and solid uranyl oxalate complexes

...Uranyl ion, UO22+, and its aqueous complexes with organic and inorganic ligands can be the dominant species for uranium transport on the Earth surface or in a nuclear waste disposal system if an oxidizing condition is present.....

A Framework for Applied Medical Geology: Part I. The Environmental Pathways Analysis

...Medical Geology provides a holistic framework to analyze the potential health effects from exposures to natural materials and to the environmental impacts of mineral resource development and chemical and nuclear waste disposal.....

DDFS3D: A set of open-source codes leveraging hybrid 3D displacement discontinuity method and fictitious stress method to simulate fractures

...Underground engineering is becoming increasingly sophisticated in recent years, exemplified by shale gas recovery, nuclear waste disposal and enhanced geothermal systems.....

Impact of Ca(II) on the aqueous speciation, redox behavior, and environmental mobility of Pu(IV) in the presence of EDTA.

...Although the exact stoichiometry of the complex may need to be revisited, this new quaternary complex has a pronounced impact on plutonium predominance diagrams over a broad range of pH, pe, and calcium concentrations that are relevant to nuclear waste disposal.....

Characteristics of Fluid Flow and Solute Transport in Multicrossed Rough Rock Fractures Based on Three-Dimensional Simulation

...Fluid flow and solute transport in rock fractures are important for controlling pollutant migration in groundwater and radionuclide migration in nuclear waste disposal.....

Complexation of Nd(III)/Cm(III) with gluconate in alkaline NaCl and CaCl2 solutions: Solubility, TRLFS and DFT studies

...This work provides key information to understand the chemical speciation and relevant equilibrium processes of An(III) and Ln(III) in the presence of gluconate under conditions relevant for nuclear waste disposal.....

DEM numerical investigation on the effect of back rake angle of PDC bit in drilling hard rock strata

...Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bits used in the Deep Borehole Placement (DBP) approach for nuclear waste disposal are subjected to highly competent, low-porosity, and low-permeability rock mass that cause severe wear and damage.....

Inferring saline tracer transport characteristics from time-lapse GPR experiments

...Such processes can be relevant for numerous applications, such as hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoir characterization and monitoring, risk assessment of soil contaminants, or nuclear waste disposal strategies.....

Improved predictability of numerical flow models of fractured crystalline media: The effect of surface roughness.

...<p>Transport and flow through fractured crystalline rocks is an important and often studied topic in the context of nuclear waste disposal, given that the heterogeneity of fluid transport constraints the efficiency of radionuclide sorption processes.....

Application of upscaling methods for fluid flow and mass transport in multi-scale heterogeneous media: A critical review

...Upscaling has considerable practical importance in oil and gas production, energy storage, carbon geologic sequestration, contamination remediation, and nuclear waste disposal.....

Effect of temperature on physical, mechanical and acoustic emission properties of Beishan granite, Gansu Province, China

...The study of the influence of temperature on granite's physical and mechanical properties is significant to deep geotechnical engineering such as nuclear waste disposal engineering.....

Compiling and correlating paleostress fields across Central Europe - A paleostress chart for northern Bavaria and adjacent areas

...It is also of increasing importance with regard to economic, social, and environmental challenges such as nuclear waste disposal, gas storage, geothermal energy, natural hazards, and mineral resource exploration.....

Structure and Surface Complexation at the Calcite(104)-Water Interface.

...They may strongly impact nutrient and contaminant mobility in soils and other subsurface environments, they control oil recovery from limestone reservoirs, and they may impact the safety of nuclear waste disposal sites.....

Reactive transport model of kinetically controlled celestite to barite replacement

...<p>Barite formation is of concern for many sustainable utilisations of the geological subsurface, ranging from oil and gas extraction to geothermal reservoirs, and also acts as a scavenger mineral for the retention of radium for nuclear waste disposal.....

Mechanical and hydraulic properties of the excavation damaged zone (EDZ) in the Opalinus Clay of the Mont Terri rock laboratory, Switzerland

...Especially in the context of deep geological nuclear waste disposal, the evolving excavation damaged zone (EDZ) in the near field of emplacement tunnels is of utmost importance concerning safety aspects.....

Building the bridge between U(VI) and Ca-bentonite - Influence of concentration, ionic strength, pH, clay composition and competing ions.

...In the context of a high-level nuclear waste disposal, the retention of U(VI) on non-pre-treated Ca-bentonite as potential technical barrier is studied.....

Review of Quantification of Fracture Characteristics Based on Topological Analysis

...In addition, topological analysis can be useful for site selection of major facilities such as nuclear waste disposal sites because it can be used to evaluate the stability of the potential sites.....

Geopolymer local network evolution under time and temperature

...The aim was to evaluate the structural evolution of potassium metakaolin based geopolymer as a function of time and temperature for geological nuclear waste disposal applications.....

Time-lapse nanometre-scale 3D synchrotron imaging and image-based modelling of the response of shales to heating

...This work extends our understanding of dynamic coupled processes of microstructure and elastic deformation in shales to the nm-scale, which also has applications to other subsurface energy systems such as carbon sequestration, geothermal and nuclear waste disposal.....

Advanced Direct Digital Synthesis Generator Design for Transuranic Nuclide Alpha Spectrometry Pulses

...Alpha energy spectrum measurement has been employed in the nuclear waste disposal of transuranic nuclides (such as 239Pu and 241Am), supervision, and disposal process.....

Shale fault zone structure and stress dependent anisotropic permeability and seismic velocity properties (Opalinus Clay, Switzerland)

...Given shale's potential to serve as both a caprock for geological carbon sequestration and as the host for nuclear waste disposal, this study focuses on the structural characterization around a 1.....

Local and global spatio-temporal sensitivity analysis of thermal consolidation around a point heat source

...Coupled thermo–hydro-mechanical (THM) models are used for the assessment of nuclear waste disposal, reservoir engineering, and many other branches of geotechnical engineering.....

Sustainability.

...Nuclear power generation and problems with nuclear waste disposal.....

Bio-Marangoni convection flow of Casson nanoliquid through a porous medium in the presence of chemically reactive activation energy

...Advanced bioconvection technology sectors include cooling systems for electronic devices, building insulation, and geothermal nuclear waste disposal.....

Thermal effects on limit pressure in a cylindrical cavity expansion

...Such a constitutive model, which predicts the thermoelastoplastic soil behavior around the cylindrical cavity is applicable in many geotechnical engineering problems related to soil mechanics; such as the interpretation of pressuremeter tests in saturated soils, geothermal piles and nuclear waste disposal problems.....

A nonlinear normal consolidation line for bentonite in e-logp space

...Investigation on compression behavior of bentonite is an important issue for designing the artificial barriers in a geological repository for nuclear waste disposal.....

Uptake of Be(II) by Cement in Degradation Stage I: Wet-Chemistry and Molecular Dynamics Studies

...These results overcome previous conservative estimates assuming no or only a weak uptake in cementitious systems and represent a relevant contribution for the quantitative assessment on the retention/mobilization of beryllium in the context of nuclear waste disposal.....

Reconstruction of Salt Tectonics: Insights from the Mid North Sea High

...The driving mechanisms and kinematics of salt deformation have gained widespread interest partly due to the potential role of salt in hydrocarbon systems, and also due to its potential uses for nuclear waste disposal.....

Use of Terbium Doped Phosphate Glasses for High Dose Radiation Dosimetry—Thermoluminescence Characteristics, Dose Response and Optimization of Readout Method

...The phosphate glass samples doped with Tb2O3 oxide (general formula: P2O5-Al2O3-Na2O-Tb2O3) were synthesized and studied for usage in high-dose radiation dosimetry (for example, in high-activity nuclear waste disposals).....

Insight into the structure–property relationship of UO2 nanoparticles

...Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.....

Modelling the water injection induced fault slip and its application to in-situ stress estimation

...Fault reactivation due to water injection is assessed within the scope of nuclear waste disposal design.....

Speciation by XANES of copper migrated into compacted bentonite using electromigration techniques

...Copper is a promising overpack material for deep underground nuclear waste disposal, although it is susceptible to corrosion following closure of the repository, and subsequent migration of the corrosion products through the buffer material may affect the migration of redox-sensitive radionuclides.....

Effect of thermal treatment on the fracture toughness and subcritical crack growth of granite in double-torsion test

...An understanding of the fracture behavior and subcritical crack propagation of hard rock under different temperatures is necessary for the design and stability of nuclear waste disposal projects.....

Confidence gap or timid trust building? The role of trust in the evolution of the nuclear waste governance in Germany

...Nuclear waste disposal represents one of the biggest socio-economic challenges of this century and probably for many centuries to come.....

A Combined Study of Tc Redox Speciation in Complex Aqueous Systems: Wet-Chemistry, Tc K-/L3-Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, and Ab Initio Calculations.

...The coupling of L3-edge X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy measurements and relativistic multireference ab initio methods opens new perspectives in the definition of chemical and thermodynamic models for systems of relevance in the context of nuclear waste disposal, environmental, and pharmaceutical applications.....

A Review on Effect of Temperature Change on Mechanical Parameters of Fine Soils

...Due to development of technology and industry nowadays, new engineering applications such as nuclear waste disposal, oil extraction and pipelines, geothermal structures etc.....

Comment on hess-2021-148

...The results are loosely linked to the fate of nuclear particles that might potentially leak out from nuclear waste disposal in the bedrock of the catchment.....

Permeability Evolution of Thermally Cracked Granite with Different Grain Sizes

...The permeability of thermally cracked granites is crucial information for understanding and modeling a number of processes in the earth’s crust, such as folding, geothermal activity, magmatic intrusions, and nuclear waste disposal.....

CASRock—a code to simulate THMC processes in fractured geological media

...Several applications, including &#160;in the background of high level nuclear waste disposal are provided to show the abilities of CASRock in the simulation of coupling processes between physical fields.....

Borehole breakout modeling in arkose and granite rocks

...In this paper, the stability of deep boreholes (5 km) is examined by laboratory experiments and numerical models in the context of nuclear waste disposal in Israel.....

Impact of sulfate on the solubility of Tc(IV) in acidic to hyperalkaline aqueous reducing systems

...Solubility upper-limits determined in this work can be used for source term estimations including the effect of sulfate in a variety of geochemical conditions relevant in the context of nuclear waste disposal.....

Pellets/block bentonite barriers: Laboratory study of their evolution upon hydration

...Some deep geological nuclear waste disposal concepts are considering the installation around the waste canisters of bentonite barriers made up of two components: highly compacted blocks to support the canister and a granular buffer material consisting of bentonite pellets to fill the rest of the disposal gallery.....

Solubility of U(VI) in chloride solutions. III. The stable oxides/hydroxides in MgCl2 systems: Pitzer activity model for the system UO22+–Na+–K+–Mg2+–H+–OH−–Cl−–H2O(l)

...Chemical, thermodynamic and Pitzer activity models provided in this work for the system UO22+–Na+–K+–Mg2+–H+–OH−–Cl−–H2O(l) accurately describe all evaluated datasets, and represent an adequate tool for the calculation of U(VI) solubility and aqueous speciation in a variety of geochemical conditions including concentrated brine systems of relevance in salt-based repositories for nuclear waste disposal.....

Laboratory tensile strength testing of clay soils using direct measurement

...Clay has wide application in engineered barriers, such as buffer barriers in deep geological nuclear waste disposal, clay liners in landfill, and earthen slopes and embankments, to name a few.....

Self-Propagating Synthesis and Characterization Studies of Gd-Bearing Hf-Zirconolite Ceramic Waste Forms

...Synroc is recognized as the second-generation waste matrice for nuclear waste disposal.....

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Holocene Book Review: Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now

...The author, a cultural anthropologist, analyses these problems through the lens of his ethnographic fieldwork among ‘Safety Case’ experts attempting to build a nuclear waste repository in Olkiluoto, Finland.....

Hydrogeological simulation of sedimentary basin evolution during a glacial cycle

...In order to properly understand the present and future conditions of potential nuclear waste repository sites, we need to simulate the past history.....

A water retention model accounting for void ratio changes in double porosity clays

...The proposed retention model might be applied, for example, to the simulation of the hydromechanical behaviour of engineered bentonite barriers in underground nuclear waste repositories, where compacted active clays are subjected to changes of both suction and porosity structure under restrained volume conditions.....

Corrosion-induced microstructure degradation of copper in sulfide-containing simulated anoxic groundwater studied by synchrotron high-energy X-ray diffraction and ab-initio density functional theory calculation

...Synchrotron high-energy XRD measurements and ab-initio DFT calculations were employed to investigate microstructural degradation of copper upon exposure to sulfide-containing anoxic groundwater simulating nuclear waste repository.....

Influence of ionic strength on hydrogen generation during interaction of copper with deoxygenated neutral solution

...Interaction of copper with deoxygenated solutions is key to quantify corrosion during long-term exposure in a final high-level nuclear waste repository.....

Non-isothermal water retention curve model for adsorption

...Non-isothermal water retention curve (WRC) in high suction range is a fundamental and interpretative tool to describe the behavior of bentonite and is crucial to ensure the safety and effective operation of high-level nuclear waste repository.....

THM analysIs of natural and engineered barriers for large excavations in deep nuclear waste repository

...&#160;Andra is leading the design of a deep geological nuclear waste repository to be located in the Callovo-Oxfordian formation.....

Role of hydro-mechanical coupling in excavation-induced damage propagation, fracture deformation and microseismicity evolution in naturally fractured rocks

...The results of our simulation and analysis have important implications for underground excavation involved in many geoengineering applications such as civil infrastructure, nuclear waste repository and oil/gas/geothermal wellbore systems.....

Thermodynamic non-ideality and disorder heterogeneity in actinide silicate solid solutions

...The electronic origin accounts for the strong non-ideality in thermodynamic parameters that extends the stability field of the actinide silicates in nature and under typical nuclear waste repository conditions.....

Development, characterization, and first application of a resonant laser secondary neutral mass spectrometry setup for the research of plutonium in the context of long-term nuclear waste storage

...Plutonium is a major contributor to the radiotoxicity in a long-term nuclear waste repository; therefore, many studies have focused on interactions of plutonium with the technical, geotechnical, and geological barriers of a possible nuclear waste storage site.....

Biomass and salt-dependent effects of Bacillus spores on radionuclide migration from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

..., isolated from radioactive waste, were tested for their ability to influence the fate and transport of neodymium (Nd3+) under high salt conditions expected at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) nuclear waste repository.....

Data-informed Emulators for Multi-Physics Simulations

...We explore different machine learning methods and conceptual methodologies, ranging from functional approximations to dynamical approximations, to build such emulators for coupled thermal, hydrological, mechanical, and chemical processes that occur near an engineered barrier system in the nuclear waste repository.....

Theoretical and Numerical Study on Electrical Resistivity Measurement of Cylindrical Rock Core Samples Using Perimeter Electrodes

...The estimation of hydraulic and mechanical properties of bedrock is important for the evaluation of energy-related structures, including high-level nuclear waste repositories, hydraulic fracturing wells, and gas-hydrate production wells.....

Impact of rock fracture geometry on geotechnical barrier integrity – A numerical study

...An increase of up to ~83% in erosion rate compared to the constant aperture case highlights the need to consider fracture aperture heterogeneity and its effect on the bentonite erosion in the assessment of the safety and evolution of a high-level nuclear waste repository.....

The role of interfaces in the bentonite barrier of a nuclear waste repository on gas transport

...The FEBEX in situ test provided bentonite samples that had been submitted to the conditions of the engineered barrier of a nuclear waste repository for 18 years.....

Multiple investigations of aqueous Eu(III)-oxalate complexes: the reduction in coordination number and validation of spectral linear correlation.

...Detailed information on the An(iii)/Ln(iii) complexation properties in solution is essential for separation chemistry and the prediction of their potential for radionuclide migration from nuclear waste repositories into natural aquifers.....

Effects of heat source conditions on the early temperature rise in heated fiber-optic cable emplaced in granulated bentonite mixture

...The heated fiber-optic method is receiving much attention as a quality control tool for buffer emplacement in the nuclear waste repository.....

Does a stability constant decide on a repository permit?

...<p>Safety of a nuclear waste repository is based to a large extent on the isolation of the radioactive waste within a suitable host rock.....

Role of impurities within the salt layers on the long-term rheological variations within the evaporite sequence. A case study from the Ocnele Mari salt mine, Romania

...To predict long-term evolution of underground storage caverns and nuclear waste repositories, information about the mechanical behaviour of halite-dominated evaporites at time scales far longer than possible in the laboratory is critical for safe design and operation.....

Experimental investigation on mechanical behaviors of Nanan granite after thermal treatment under conventional triaxial compression

...Understanding the mechanical behaviors of granite after high temperature exposure and under confining stress conditions is an important issue in deep rock engineering projects such as the mining of deep underground solid mineral resources, deep geothermal energy exploitation and deep nuclear waste repositories.....

A Numerical Meso-Scale Elasto-Plastic Damage Model for Modeling the Deformation and Fracturing of Sandstone Under Cyclic Loading

...A sound understanding of the influence of cyclic loading on mechanical properties of rock is of great importance for the management and optimization of engineering rock mass structures such as nuclear waste repositories and geothermal resources.....

Analysis of coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical processes in Callovo-Oxfordian clay rock: From full-scale experiments to the repository scale

...Three-dimensional, fully coupled and efficient THM models for the numerical simulation of deep geological repositories such as the one presented in this study will help in the design of nuclear waste repositories under realistic geological conditions.....

Effect of interfaces on gas breaktrough pressure in compacted bentonite used as engineered barrier for radioactive waste disposal

...In a deep geological nuclear waste repository gas can be generated by different processes.....

Modelling coseismic displacements of fracture systems in crystalline rock during large earthquakes: Implications for the safety of nuclear waste repositories

...Crystalline rock has been tested/selected by many countries for developing underground nuclear waste repositories at ~500 m depth to achieve geological isolation of high-level, long-lived radioactive waste.....

Numerical study of the chemo-mechanical behavior of FEBEX bentonite in nuclear waste disposal based on the Barcelona expansive model

...Experimental studies show that compacted bentonite used as a backfill material for nuclear waste repository experiences strong coupling between chemical and mechanical processes.....

Technetium immobilization by chukanovite and its oxidative transformation products: Neural network analysis of EXAFS spectra.

...The uptake of the fission product technetium (Tc) by chukanovite, an FeII hydroxy carbonate mineral formed as a carbon steel corrosion product in anoxic and carbonate-rich environments, was studied under anoxic, alkaline to hyperalkaline conditions representative for nuclear waste repositories in deep geological formations with cement-based inner linings.....

Investigation of cross-interactions of coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical model using stochastic simulations

...A porothermoelasticity model was applied to investigate the cross-interactions among the temperature, change in pore water pressure, and displacement of a buffer material in the near-field and a host rock in the far-field with the conceptual model in a nuclear waste repository.....

Three-dimensional thermal–hydraulic coupled analysis in the nuclear waste repository

...In this paper, coupled governing equations were proposed to simulate three-dimensional heat conduction and moisture transport in the nuclear waste repository.....

Potential microbial influence on the performance of subsurface, salt-based nuclear waste repositories

...Microorganisms can influence the performance of nuclear waste repositories through activities or processes that affect radionuclide migration.....

Surrogate Model for Multi-Component Diffusion of Uranium through Opalinus Clay on the Host Rock Scale

...With respect to the minimum requirement of a thickness of 100 m, the Opalinus Clay seems to be a suitable host rock for nuclear waste repositories.....

Impact of Surface Reactivity on the Simulation of Mineral Dissolution Rates

..., weathering, building materials, as well as host rock characterization for potential nuclear waste repositories.....

Time-Dependent Behavior of Rock Materials

...The latter is essential in underground projects such as nuclear waste repositories.....

Delving in to deep time

...Ialenti’s recent book, Deep Time Reckoning (MIT Press, 2020), chronicles his anthropological work on the institution responsible for the long-term safety of a Finnish nuclear waste repository.....

Numerical modelling of blast-induced crack propagation in pre-fractured rock

...The research findings of our paper have important implications for the assessment of excavation damaged zone properties around nuclear waste repositories built using the drilling and blasting method.....

Studies of the Complexation of Gluconate with Th(IV) in Acidic Solutions: Stability Constant Determination and Coordination Mode Analysis.

...Gluconate is a multidentate ligand and its complexation with actinides has received increasing attention because of its existence in high level nuclear wastes as well as in nuclear waste repositories.....

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Underground In-situ Acoustic Emission in Study of Rock Stability and Earthquake Physics

...In-situ acoustic emission (AE) monitoring is carried out in mines, tunnels and underground laboratories in the context of structural health monitoring, in decameter-scale research projects investigating the physics of earthquake nucleation and propagation and in research projects looking into the seismo-hydro-mechanical response of the rock mass in the context of hydraulic stimulations or nuclear waste storage.....

Two reduced models for reactive flows in fractured porous media

...<p>In the simulation of many porous media applications, such as geothermal energy, CO2 and nuclear waste storage and groundwater management, transport and reaction processes are fundamental to make accurate and reliable predictions.....

Mechanical Behaviors of Granite after Thermal Shock with Different Cooling Rates

...During the construction of nuclear waste storage facilities, deep drilling, and geothermal energy development, high-temperature rocks are inevitably subjected to thermal shock.....

Experimental study correlating damage and permeability in concrete using confined, flattened Brazilian disks

...The advancement of models that couple transport properties to mechanical responses are of interest in the fields of carbon sequestration, hydrofracking, production of geothermal energy, induced seismicity, and underground nuclear waste storage, and these experiments validate a novel experimental approach towards investigating hydro-mechanical relationships.....

Cs absorption capacity and selectivity of crystalline and amorphous Hf and Zr phosphates

...Removal of radioactive Cs from sodium-rich solutions is a technical challenge that goes back to post World War II nuclear waste storage and treatment; and interest in this topic was reinvigorated by the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, 10 years ago.....

The Use of Controlled Dissolution Glasses to Consolidate and Create Permeable or Impermeable Minerals in Formation

...Controlled dissolution glasses have been researched extensively by Glass Technology Services (GTS) since 1999 for the biomedical industry, nuclear waste storage industry, and defense and aerospace industries.....

Jacobian Free Methods for Coupling Transport with Chemistry in Heterogenous Porous Media

...Reactive transport plays an important role in various subsurface applications, including carbon dioxide sequestration, nuclear waste storage, biogeochemistry and the simulation of hydro–thermal reservoirs.....

Reproduction strategy of radiation data with compensation of data loss using a deep learning technique

...In nuclear-related facilities, such as nuclear power plants, research reactors, accelerators, and nuclear waste storage sites, radiation detection, and mapping are required to prevent radiation overexposure.....

Corrigendum: High-Silica CHA Zeolite Membrane with Ultra-High Selectivity and Irradiation Stability for Krypton/Xenon Separation.

...Together with the excellent irradiation stability, high-silica CHA zeolite membranes pave the way to separate radioactive Kr from Xe for a notable reduction of the volatile nuclear waste storage volume.....

(Hydroxy)apatite on cement: insights into a new surface treatment

...(Hydroxy)apatite [Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2], has emerging potential as a cement coating material, with applications in environmental remediation, nuclear waste storage and architectural preservation.....

Three-dimensional physical model experiment of mining-induced deformation and failure characteristics of roof and floor in deep underground coal seams

...The research results can provide important references for the stability of deep underground projects such as coal mining process, tunnel excavation process, nuclear waste storage and other engineering stability.....

Concrete shrinkage and creep under drying/wetting cycles

...Concrete shrinkage and creep under variable hydric conditions are important factors for the safety and durability of concrete especially in nuclear reactor or nuclear waste storage background.....

Study Assesses Potential of Renewable Energy in Power Sector

...The dual challenge of nuclear plant safety and nuclear waste storage is a key sustainability issue.....

High‐Silica CHA Zeolite Membrane with Ultra‐High Selectivity and Irradiation Stability for Krypton/Xenon Separation

...Together with the excellent irradiation stability, high‐silica CHA zeolite membranes pave the way to separate radioactive Kr from Xe for a notable reduction of the volatile nuclear waste storage volume.....

Rapid iodine capture from radioactive wastewater by green and low-cost biomass waste derived porous silicon–carbon composite

...The effective and safe capture and storage of radioactive iodine (129I or 131I) are of significant importance during nuclear waste storage and nuclear energy generation.....

Fracture failure of granite after varied durations of thermal treatment: an experimental study

...In geological nuclear waste storage repositories, the decay of radioactive elements generates heat, exposing the reservoir rocks to high-temperature conditions for long periods.....

Nuclear Citizens Jury: From Local Deliberations to Transboundary and Transgenerational Legal Dilemmas

...In 2016, the Government of South Australia held a series of public engagement activities about the possibility of nuclear waste storage in the state.....

Investigation of interaction behaviours of cesium and strontium ions with engineering barrier material to prevent leakage to environmental.

...This study deals with performance of removal of cesium (Cs+) and strontium (Sr2+) ions from synthetic aqueous solution using amino pyridine sulfone amid resin as a barrier material for nuclear waste storage areas to reduce environmental risk.....

核廃棄物管理

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Nondestructive Quantitative Analysis of Difficult-to-Measure Radionuclides 107Pd and 99Tc.

...Considering the expanding demand for nuclear waste management of the spent nuclear fuel materials in near future, a nondestructive analytical scheme applicable to one of the most difficult-to-measure nuclides 107Pd, which emits no decay γ-rays and whose half-life is too long to be decayed out during a human lifetime, was designed.....

Constructing high-performance radiation-resistant ternary YSZ-MgO-CNT nanocomposites via tailored nanostructures

...This work provides insight into the design of advanced inert matrix nuclear fuel and new nuclear waste management materials.....

Methodology to incorporate damaged BWR spent fuel as contents in the NAC-UMS® storage system

...Following Taiwan’s nuclear waste management policy, INER launched Taiwan’s first Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) project in 2005.....

Drum breach: Operational temporalities, error politics and WIPP’s kitty litter nuclear waste accident

...Attention to operational temporalities shows how an often-overlooked nexus of schedule pressures, political-economic imperatives and regulatory breakdowns converged to modulate nuclear waste management workflows and, ultimately, trigger a radiological accident.....

South Africa’s Approach to Nuclear Waste Management: Seeking Sustainable Solutions to the Nuclear Waste Conundrum

...This chapter analyses South Africa’s approach to nuclear waste management.....

Women in Science Portrait – Dr. Margit Fábián

...As a senior research fellow, she is the nuclear waste management team lead at the Centre for Energy Research in Budapest, where she is working on finding a safe way to store nuclear waste.....

The use of Raman and TRLF spectroscopy for differentiating early stage alteration products of spent nuclear fuel

...This study demonstrates that Raman spectroscopy and TRLFS are potentially valuable techniques for characterising uranyl oxy-hydroxides and could be used in conjunction with other methods, such as laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), as part of a remote analysis package in nuclear waste management.....

Complexation of Lanthanides and Heavy Actinides with Aqueous Sulfur-Donating Ligands.

...While such separations could transform the nuclear waste management landscape, these systems are often limited by the hydrolytic and radiolytic stability of the extractant.....

Tuning the structure of disulfonated phenanthroline based ligands for effective separation of Am(III)/Eu(III) ions : A DFT investigation

...The disulfonated N,N′-diphenyl-2,9-diamide-1,10-phenanthroline (DS-Ph-DAPhen) ligand, is recently added to the list of efficient water-soluble heterocyclic ligands for the separation of actinides from lanthanides in nuclear waste management.....

A Review of Geochemical Modeling for the Performance Assessment of Radioactive Waste Disposal in a Subsurface System

...In order to assess the performance of disposal facilities, thermodynamic data regarding nuclides in water–rock systems and minerals in geochemical environments are required; the results obtained from the analysis of these data can provide a strong scientific basis for maintaining safety performance to support nuclear waste management.....

The Role of Geological Models and Uncertainties in Safety Assessments

...Safety assessments in nuclear waste management typically include the analysis of thermo-mechanical (TM) coupled processes.....

Attempts to share information between public sector organisations over time: A case-based exploration of value conflicts

...Using the local/global network framework, we analyse four years’ worth of information sharing in an inter-organisational advisory group in the context of Swedish nuclear waste management.....

Fifteen shades of clay: distinct microbial community profiles obtained from bentonite samples by cultivation and direct nucleic acid extraction

...Our data will be important for global nuclear waste management organizations, demonstrating that identifying appropriate design conditions with suitable clay swelling properties will prevent growth of the same subset of clay-associated bacteria, regardless of clay origin or processing conditions.....

Using socio-technical analogues as an additional experience horizon for nuclear waste management A comparison of wind farms, fracking, carbon capture and storage (CCS) with a deep-geological nuclear waste disposal (DGD)

...The analysis is based on a systematic literature review and aims to gain indirect knowledge for nuclear waste management (NWM) deduced from the dynamics within the socio-technical ensembles of wind farms, fracking and carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS).....

Mixed-oxide fuel strategies in an integral pressurized water reactor

...Other important issues to achieve nuclear energy long-term sustainability are the proper use of its fuel sources and the improvement of nuclear waste management.....

Tetranuclear oxido-bridged thorium(iv) clusters obtained using tridentate Schiff bases.

...Schiff-base complexes of tetravalent actinides are useful for the development of new separation strategies in nuclear fuel processing and nuclear waste management.....

核廃棄物フォーム

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Solubility, structure transition and chemical durability of Th-doped Nd2Zr2O7 pyrochlore

...The present work provides a potential synthetic method and nuclear waste forms for the immobilization of high-level radioactive waste in the nuclear industry.....

The Role of Water and Hydroxyl Groups in the Structures of Stetindite and Coffinite, MSiO4 (M = Ce, U).

...They are of significant interest in the fields of geochemistry, mineralogy, nuclear waste form development, and material science.....

Ab Initio Investigation of Helium Mobility in La2Zr2O7 Pyrochlore

...The α-decay of incorporated actinides continuously produces helium, resulting in helium accumulation and causing security concerns for nuclear waste forms.....

Chemical durability and surface alteration of lanthanide zirconates (A2Zr2O7: A = La-Yb)

...Chemical durability of lanthanide zirconates (A2Zr2O7) (A = La-Yb) under near-field environments is important for evaluating their application as potential nuclear waste forms.....

Corrosion of Glass Used for Radioactive Waste Disposal Influenced by Ankerite

...Test for nuclear waste form (MCC-1) was assembled for (3-90 days) using coupon samples of ISG and powdered Ankerite.....

Thermal evolution effects on the properties of converting Cs-polluted soil into pollucite-base glass-ceramics for radioactive cesium immobilization

...In this paper, the effects of heat treatment on the structure and properties of Cs-containing glass-ceramics, as a simulated nuclear waste form, were systematically investigated.....

Computational study of the substitution of early actinides and Ce into zirconolite

...Substitutions of tetravalent early actinides (Th – Am) and Ce into the ceramic nuclear waste form zirconolite, CaZrTi2O7, have been analysed using hybrid Density Functional Theory in conjunction with the Periodic Electrostatic Embedded Cluster Method.....

Waste loading capability of zirconolite — A review

...In order to meet this challenging task, the research is underway to develop an advanced stable nuclear waste form which will be capable to accommodate the radiation effects under repository conditions and over geological time scales.....

Machine learning-enabled prediction of chemical durability of A2B2O7 pyrochlore and fluorite

...) display excellent structural flexibility and rich crystal chemistry as promising nuclear waste form materials capable of immobilizing actinides and fission products.....

Preparation and characterization of multiphase ceramic designer waste forms

...The long-term performance, or resistance to elemental release, is the defining characteristic of a nuclear waste form.....

Microstructural analysis of novel Gd2Ti2O7 thin films processed via sputter deposition

...Complex oxides, such as Gd2Ti2O7, are potential candidates for energy-transport materials in advanced technological applications and nuclear waste forms.....

Rare-Earth Orthophosphates From Atomistic Simulations

...Lanthanide phosphates (LnPO4) are considered as a potential nuclear waste form for immobilization of Pu and minor actinides (Np, Am, and Cm).....

核廃棄物の固定化

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An Insight into the Correlation between Chemical Composition Changes of Aluminum-Iron-Polyphosphate Glasses and Thermal Properties

...The drawn conclusions allow choosing the glass with the optimal concentration of Al2O3 and Fe2O3, which ensures the relatively low melting temperature, viscosity, and glass crystallization ability, with application potential in nuclear waste immobilization.....

Immobilization of (Aqueous) Cations in Low pH M-S-H Cement

...Low pH cements have been considered as promising matrix for municipal and nuclear waste immobilization in the last decades.....

High temperature brillouin scattering study of lanthanum and sodium aluminoborosilicate glasses

...This work is devoted to the study of a rare earth aluminoborosilicate glass, whose molar composition is 55SiO2- (25-x)Al2O3- xB2O3–15Na2O–5La2O3, which is considered as a model glass for nuclear waste immobilization, by simulating all lanthanides as well as minor actinides contained in nuclear waste with lanthanum.....

Studies on Ca substituted CePO4 as waste form matrix for the immobilization of simulated high level radioactive waste

...1PO4, was prepared and explored as a matrix for the nuclear waste immobilization.....

Molecular dynamics simulations of simplified sodium borosilicate glasses: the effect of composition on structure and dynamics.

...The fusion of valuable material properties has led to the acceptance of sodium borosilicate (NBS) glasses for nuclear waste immobilization.....

Dissolution kinetics of a sodium borosilicate glass in Tris buffer solutions: impact of Tris concentration and acid (HCl/HNO3) identity.

...Understanding the corrosion behavior of glasses in near-neutral environments is crucial for many technologies including glasses for regenerative medicine and nuclear waste immobilization.....

Novel defect-fluorite pyrochlore sodium niobate nanoparticles: solution-phase synthesis and radiation tolerance analysis.

...Materials possessing a defect-fluorite pyrochlore structure can have a range of useful properties that are sought after, which include their radiation tolerance, nuclear waste immobilization, and phase stability at elevated temperatures.....

Combustion synthesis and characterizations of Sm2O3 doped zirconolite-rich waste forms with CuO as oxidant

...Zirconolite is one of the most important matrix materials for nuclear waste immobilization.....

Multi-glass investigation of Stage III glass dissolution behavior from 22 to 90 °C triggered by the addition of zeolite phases

...The corrosion of glass waste forms for nuclear waste immobilization is a key metric of their performance.....

核廃棄物修復

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Hydrothermal Synthesis and Structural Investigation of a Crystalline Uranyl Borosilicate

...The relevance of multidimensional and porous crystalline materials to nuclear waste remediation and storage applications has motivated exploratory research focused on materials discovery of compounds, such as actinide mixed-oxoanion phases, which exhibit rich structural chemistry.....

Ion Pairing Mediates Molecular Organization Across Liquid/Liquid Interfaces.

...Liquid/liquid interfaces play a central role in scientific fields ranging from nanomaterial synthesis and soft matter electronics to nuclear waste remediation and chemical separations.....

Hard, soft, hot, cold

...F Block Chemistry Efficient sequestration of radioactive americium (Am) ions remains a challenge in nuclear waste remediation.....

Xenon Trapping in Metal-Supported Silica Nanocages.

...This work can have significant implications in various fields, including Xe production, nuclear power, nuclear waste remediation, and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.....

Magnetic CoFe2O4/Graphene oxide nanocomposite for highly efficient separation of f-block elements

...The excellent radiolytic stability and regeneration ability of CoFe2O4/GO showed that the sorbent could be successfully applied for nuclear waste remediation.....

核廃棄物処理

学術論文

Jacques Vicens: his life in research

...1) and although his initial interest was in their capacity to act as receptors in the solid state [6], this progressed to studies of their solution properties which ultimately resulted in his seminal contributions to the application of calixarenes in nuclear waste treatment [7].....

The chemistry and applications of hafnium and cerium(IV) metal-organic frameworks.

...In the end, we will present the research outlook for the development of Hf/Ce(iv)-MOFs in the future, including fundamental design of Hf/Ce(iv)-clusters, defect engineering, and various applications including membrane development, diversified types of catalytic reactions, irradiation absorption in nuclear waste treatment, water production and wastewater treatment, etc.....

Micrometer-sized magnetite synthesis using Fe(OH)2(s) as a precursor for technetium sequestration from liquid nuclear waste streams

...The incorporation of reduced Tc(IV) into stable micrometer-sized magnetite provides a viable supplemental immobilizing technology that may be used to improve nuclear waste treatment and disposal needs.....

Potential application of aluminum phosphate binder in the treatment of waste containing strontium: effects of SrO content on structures and leaching stabilities of aluminum phosphate solidified systems

...Solidification of radioactive waste containing strontium is a significant procedure in the nuclear waste treatment and disposal.....

Endowing 2,6-bis-triazolyl-pyridine of poor extraction with superior efficiency for actinide/lanthanide separation at high acidity by anchoring to a macrocyclic scaffold.

...Exploring nitrogen-containing extractants for recovering hazardous minor actinides that are workable in solutions of high acidity has been a challenge in nuclear waste treatment.....

核廃棄物の流れ

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Synthesis of N-containing porous aromatic frameworks via Scholl reaction for reversible iodine capture

...The effective capture of radioactive volatile iodine (131I and 129I) from nuclear waste stream is of vital significance.....

Reversible iodine vapor capture using bipyridine-based covalent triazine framework: Experimental and computational investigations

...To address the environmental issues arising from the emission of radiotoxic iodine from nuclear waste streams, developing high-capacity and recyclable adsorbents is urgently demanded.....

Crystalline compounds for remediation of rare-earth fission products: A review

...Rare earth (RE)-containing crystals have been investigated as media for the immobilization of RE fission products from nuclear waste streams.....

Complexation of U(VI) with Cucurbit[5]uril: Thermodynamic and Structural investigation in aqueous medium.

...The assessment of cucurbituril (CBn) for selective removal of actinides from nuclear waste streams requires comprehensive understanding of binding parameters and coordination of these complexes.....

Reactive spark plasma sintering of Cs-exchanged chabazite: characterisation and durability assessment for Fukushima Daiichi NPP clean-up

...The use of these materials generates a secondary nuclear waste stream, presenting its own series of engineering problems arising from stringent handling and long-term storage requirements.....

核廃棄物ガラス化

学術論文

Contribution of modeling to explain the depassivation of chromia-forming alloys in molten glasses

...The corrosion of chromia-forming alloys by molten glass is an issue encountered in industrial processes such as glass fiber production or nuclear waste vitrification.....

Effect on the structure and stability of iron phosphate glass with Sb and Te-ion loading for nuclear waste storage application

...Iron phosphate glass (IPG) is emerging as an alternative to the more commonly used borosilicate glass for nuclear waste vitrification.....

Rational design of a cationic polymer network towards record high uptake of 99TcO4− in nuclear waste

...Its removal from the waste stream is highly desirable because of its interference capability with actinide separation and its volatile nature during the nuclear waste vitrification process.....

Cold-cap formation from a slurry feed during nuclear waste vitrification

...To analyze the time-temperature history of the feed in a cold-cap during nuclear waste vitrification, this work focuses on understanding how the main cold-cap body forms, how the aqueous feed slurry interacts with the cold-cap, and estimating the cold-cap heat conductivity.....

核廃棄物含有

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Uranium (U) source, speciation, uptake, toxicity and bioremediation strategies in soil-plant system: A review.

...Uranium(U), a highly toxic radionuclide, is becoming a great threat to soil health development, as returning nuclear waste containing U into the soil systems is increased.....

Structural investigations on Mo, Cs and Ba ions-loaded iron phosphate glass for nuclear waste storage application

...However, nuclear waste containing constituents like molybdenum oxide (MoO3) and cesium oxide (Cs2O) are less soluble in borosilicate glass.....

Aggregation and organic phase splitting behavior of a synergic extractant system probed by dynamic light scattering spectroscopy

...A synergic solution of N,N-di-n-octyl-2-hydroxyacetamide (DOHyA) and bis-(2-ethylhexyl)diglycolamic acid (HDEHDGA) in n-dodecane has been proposed for the single-cycle separation of Am(III) and Cm(III) from high-level nuclear waste containing chemically similar lanthanides in 3–4 M nitric acid medium.....

核廃棄物ガラス

学術論文

Chromium and vanadium incorporation in sulfate-containing sodium aluminoborosilicate glass

...In the composition space for Hanford low-activity nuclear waste glass, the waste loading of some formulations is limited by poor incorporation of sulfate.....

Machine learning to predict refractory corrosion during nuclear waste vitrification

...The goal of this study was to determine the effects of model nuclear waste glass composition on the corrosion of Monofrax® K-3 refractory, using machine learning (ML) methods for data investigation and modeling of published borosilicate glass composition data and refractory corrosion performance.....

Effect of sulfate sequestration by BaSn composite material on Re retention in low-activity waste glass

...Previous studies have suggested that the presence of sulfate salts in the melt hinder the incorporation of Re, a non-radioactive surrogate for Tc-99, into nuclear waste glass.....

Nuclear Waste Reprocessing

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Remediation of radioiodine using polyamine anion exchange resins

...Two weak base anion exchange resins, Lewatit A365 and Purolite MTS9850, have been tested for the removal of aqueous iodide from conditions simulating nuclear waste reprocessing streams.....

Elucidating cation-cation interactions in neptunyl dications using multi-reference ab initio theory.

...Understanding the binding mechanism in neptunyl clusters formed due to cation-cation interactions is of crucial importance in nuclear waste reprocessing and related areas of research.....

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Amorphous SiO2, B2O3, Na2O-SiO2, Na2O-B2O3, Na2O-B2O3-SiO2 Glasses with Variable Composition and with Cs2O and SrO Dopants.

...Selection of suitable glass composition for vitrification of high level radioactive waste (HLW) is one of the major challenges in the nuclear waste reprocessing.....

保管されている核廃棄物

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Retention analysis from vitrified low-activity waste and simulants in a laboratory-scale melter

...The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) will process and stabilize nuclear waste stored in tanks on the Hanford Site.....

Uranium carbonate complexes demonstrate drastic decrease in stability at elevated temperatures

...Quantitative understanding of uranium transport by high temperature fluids is crucial for confident assessment of its migration in a number of natural and artificially induced contexts, such as hydrothermal uranium ore deposits and nuclear waste stored in geological repositories.....

核廃棄物処理

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Nuclear Materials Ownership in the Russian Federation

...In response to the challenges of the epoch, “nuclear” laws currently regulate safety issues related to handling of nuclear materials, nuclear facilities operation, related transactions, nuclear waste processing and disposal, state control over the nuclear energy use, and international cooperation in the nuclear sphere.....

DFT Study of Microsolvated [NO3·(H2O)n]- (n = 1-12) Clusters and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nitrate Solution.

...The importance of this topic can be seen in atmospheric chemistry, as well as in nuclear waste processing research.....

核廃棄物ソリューション

学術論文

Efficient Removal of Cs+ and Sr2+ Ions by Granulous (Me2NH2)4/3(Me3NH)2/3Sn3S7·1.25H2O/Polyacrylonitrile Composite.

...The need to effectively and selectively remove radioactive 137Cs and 90Sr from nuclear waste solutions persists to mitigate their environmental mobility and high radiotoxicity.....

Synthesis of nano-crystalline zeolite-A and zeolite-X from Indian coal fly ash, its characterization and performance evaluation for the removal of Cs+ and Sr2+ from simulated nuclear waste.

...The ion exchange capacities of these nano-crystalline zeolites were evaluated by using simulated nuclear waste solutions containing Cs+or Sr2+ ions.....

核廃棄物コンテナ

学術論文

Corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of Armakap cement for nuclear applications

...Nuclear waste containers are prone to environmental degradation – over time, corrosion/erosion can cause the leakage of radioactive material which is a significant safety hazard.....

Phosphor thermometry for nuclear decommissioning and waste storage

...Reliable surface thermometry of stored nuclear waste containers is essential for both health monitoring and corrosion modelling.....

核廃棄物ガラス

学術論文

Influence of temperature and relative humidity on vapor hydration of an AVM nuclear waste glass

...The safety assessment of the geological disposal of nuclear waste glasses requires a thorough understanding of the vapor hydration mechanisms of these glasses.....

Predicting zeolites’ stability during the corrosion of nuclear waste immobilization glasses: Comparison with glass corrosion experiments

...During the long-term corrosion of nuclear waste glasses under nuclear waste disposal conditions, the precipitation of zeolitic phases has been linked to a delayed acceleration in glass corrosion (known as “Stage III”).....

核廃棄物のホウケイ酸塩

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Iodine local environment in high pressure borosilicate glasses: An X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy investigation

...Owing to its strong volatility, there is currently no ideal protocol to immobilize 129I in nuclear waste borosilicate glasses.....

XAFS analysis of ruthenium in simulated iron phosphate radioactive waste glass

...Large size aggregations of RuO2, which are found frequently in nuclear waste borosilicate glass, were not seen in any of the iron phosphate glass samples.....

Nuclear Waste Transmutation

学術論文

IAEA Photonuclear Data Library 2019

...Photo-induced reaction cross section data are of importance for a variety of current or emerging applications, such as radiation shielding design and radiation transport analyses, calculations of absorbed dose in the human body during radiotherapy, physics and technology of fission reactors (influence of photo-reactions on neutron balance) and fusion reactors (plasma diagnostics and shielding), activation analyses, safeguards and inspection technologies, nuclear waste transmutation, medical isotope production and astrophysical applications.....

The Status of CiADS Superconducting LINAC

...CiADS (China initiative Accelerator Driven System) approved by Chinese government at 2016 aims to build the first ADS experimental facility to demonstrate the nuclear waste transmutation.....

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