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The Effect of EDZ on the Migration of Radionuclides in a KBS-3 Type Repository

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Jorma Autio ,
Thomas Hjerpe  and
Marja Siitari-Kauppi
Jorma Autio
Affiliation:
Consulting Engineers Saanio&Riekkola Oy, Laulukuja 4, FIN-00420 Helsinki, Finland
Thomas Hjerpe
Affiliation:
Consulting Engineers Saanio&Riekkola Oy, Laulukuja 4, FIN-00420 Helsinki, Finland
Marja Siitari-Kauppi
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Radiochemistry, P.O. Box 55, FIN-00014University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Abstract

The role of excavation damaged zone (EDZ) in a KBS-3 type repository for spent nuclear fuel depends significantly on the design of the engineered barrier systems such as tunnel backfill since one obvious function of the backfill is to prevent the growth of EDZ. Main results of EDZ studies based on using 14C-PMMA method carried out at Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in Sweden, and at Research Tunnel at Olkiluoto in Finland by Posiva and SKB in co-operation are presented. The significance of the results is evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively. The EDZ around the deposition hole on migration of radionuclides diffusing out of a waste canister was found unlikely to be a significant migration route in the absence of large hydraulic gradients. According to the study the EDZ caused by state-of-the-art drill and blast excavation adjacent to walls and roof of deposition tunnels was found negligible, however the EDZ adjacent to deposition tunnel floor is evidently more extensive and more significant.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 627
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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