Bentonite has attracted great interest in nuclear waste management because of its outstanding properties...
Keywords: Sorption, Complexation, Bentonite, Cobalt, pH
02/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA multi-site surface complexation/ion exchange model for dispersed MX 80 bentonite has been calibrated, considering the dissolution properties of the constituting mineral assemblage, for sorption of a large number of radionuclides, using experimental data from the present study together with well constrained literature data...
Keywords: Bentonite, Sorption, Actinides, Fission products, modeling
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe radionuclide 99Tc is one of the fission products of spent nuclear fuel. The chemical forms of this element depend primarily on the pH and Eh of the environment...
Keywords: Sorption, Technetium, Bentonite, Glove box conditions, Deep repository
08/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagTh(IV) is considered herein as a chemical analogue of other actinides (IV). Effect of pH, ionic strength and humic acid/fulvic acid concentrations on the sorption of thorium(IV) to MX-80 bentonite was studied by batch technique...
Keywords: Sorption, Bentonite, Thorium, Humic acid, Fulvic acid
08/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagDiffusive transport of neptunium, plutonium, tritiated water (HTO), Cs+ and I- in compacted sand-bentonite mixtures was studied by a through-diffusion method...
Keywords: diffusion, Neptunium, Plutonium, Bentonite, Effective diffusivity
02/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe measurement of moisture distribution in bentonite gate structures is stringently necessary for the indefinable trend of fluid access and for long-term security analyses...
Keywords: dangerous waste, gate structures, Bentonite, moisture profiles, TDR-sensors
05/2007 | tm Technisches Messen, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag