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Consistency of the strontium transport parameters in Boom Clay obtained from different types of experiments: accounting for the filter plates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2012

Marc Aertsens ,
Joan Govaerts ,
Norbert Maes  and
Liesbeth Van Laer
Marc Aertsens
Affiliation:
Waste & Disposal Department, SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
Joan Govaerts
Affiliation:
Waste & Disposal Department, SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
Norbert Maes
Affiliation:
Waste & Disposal Department, SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
Liesbeth Van Laer
Affiliation:
Waste & Disposal Department, SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
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Abstract

In a previous MRS paper, the consistency of migration parameters for strontium (Sr) in Boom Clay, obtained by different types of experiments, was examined. No consistent value could be obtained for the product ηR of the diffusion accessible porosity η and the retardation factor R. Furthermore the nearly flat concentration profile measured in one of the through diffusion experiments could not be explained by the traditional through diffusion model. A reason is that the filter plates confining the clay sample have not been taken into account.

Therefore, for Sr and tritiated water (HTO), the apparent diffusion coefficient and the product ηR in the filters are measured in through diffusion experiments on filter plates.

Taking into account the filter plates, the outlet fluxes and the Sr profiles in the clay of both Sr through diffusion experiments, are described well with (i) the previously estimated Sr apparent diffusion coefficient in the clay of 7 × 10-12 m2/s, (ii) an apparent filter diffusion coefficient in the range 2 × 10-12 m2/s to 5 × 10-11 m2/s (vs. 1 × 10-11 m2/s measured in the filter through diffusion experiments), (iii) a clay capacity factor ηR in the range between 5000 and 22000, and (iv) a filter capacity factor between 0.3 and 0.6 (in agreement with the filter through diffusion measurements). However, using the above parameters, the evolution at the inlet could not be described. So although inconsistency diminished, some inconsistency remains.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1475: Symposium NW – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXV , 2012 , imrc11-1475-nw35-o68
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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