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A Comparison of In-Situ Radionuclide Migration Studies in the Studsvik Area and Laboratory Measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

O. LandstrÖm
Affiliation:
Studsvik Energiteknik AB, S-611 82 NykÖPing, Sweden
C.E. Klockars
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Box 670, S-75 128 UPPSALA, Sweden
O. Persson
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Box 670, S-75 128 UPPSALA, Sweden
K. Andersson
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology (CTH), S-412 96 GÖTEBORG, Sweden
B. Torstenfelt
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology (CTH), S-412 96 GÖTEBORG, Sweden
B. Allard
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology (CTH), S-412 96 GÖTEBORG, Sweden
S.Å. Larsson
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Box 670, S-75 128 UPPSALA, Sweden
E.L. Tullborg
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Box 670, S-75 128 UPPSALA, Sweden
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Abstract

A series of in-situ radionuclide migration tests are in progress in the Studsvik area on the Swedish east coast. Three well defined flowpaths have been located and characterized using non-sorbing tracers (I-131 and H-3), and one of these pathways have been used for a study of the migration of sorbing elements (Sr-85).

Laboratory sorption studies with Sr-85 have been performed on materials (rock-water) from the same location as the field tests and with variation of parameters not easily varied in-situ (e.g. pH and nuclide concentration).

A fairly good correlation was obtained between retention in natural fractures (field experiment) and laboratory column studies, although the latter were performed on crushed samples of whole rock (retention factors 15 – 30).

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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