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Title: Assessment report on the kinetics of radionuclide adsorption on Yucca Mountain tuff

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/60337· OSTI ID:60337

The kinetics of sorption was measured by observing the uptake of radionuclides by tuff wafers and crushed tuff as a function of time. In addition, the broadening of breakthrough curves for cations eluted through crushed-tuff columns was interpreted in terms of adsorption kinetics. The results of these measurements are consistent with a diffusion-limited adsorption mechanism for simple cations, such as strontium, cesium, and barium. The adsorption kinetics for these simple cations is sufficiently fast so that equilibrium can be assumed for the retardation of these chemical species in the groundwater velocities that would be reasonable for most release scenarios. The actinides, in particular plutonium, exhibited a slow time dependence for adsorption. 23 refs., 61 figs., 12 tabs.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
60337
Report Number(s):
LA-11026-MS; ON: DE88006031
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jul 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English