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Title: Sorption-capacity limited retardation of radionuclides transport in water-saturated packing materials

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OSTI ID:6124228

Radionuclides breakthrough times as calculated through constant retardation factors obtained in dilute solutions are non-conservative. The constant retardation approach regards the solid as having infinite sorption capacity throughout the solid. However, as the solid becomes locally saturated, such as in the proximity of the waste form-packing materials interface, it will exhibit no retardation properties, and transport will take place as if the radionuclides were locally non-reactive. The magnitude of the effect of finite sorption capacity of the packing materials on radionuclide transport is discussed with reference to high-level waste package performance. An example based on literature sorption data indicates that the breakthrough time may be overpredicted by orders of magnitude using a constant retardation factor as compared to using the entire sorption isotherm to obtain a concentration-dependent retardation factor. 8 references, 3 figures, 3 tables.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
6124228
Report Number(s):
BNL-NUREG-35702; CONF-841157-74; ON: TI85006799
Resource Relation:
Conference: Materials Research Society annual meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 26 Nov 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English