Review and assessment of radionuclide sorption information for the Basalt Waste Isolation Project site

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6657357

Kelmers, A D

This document presents a scientific review and technological assessment of the radionuclide sorption information reported by the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) for the candidate high-level waste repository in the Columbia River basalt flows in the Hanford Reservation. Quantified radionuclide sorption data are necessary for repository performance assessment calculations to model expected radioactivity release rates in groundwater-intrusion - groundwater-migration scenarios. Three key BWIP reports were identified which contain most of the sorption information for a number of radionuclides with basalt, secondary minerals, or interbed materials. An extended review of these data is presented in the document. The technological assessment identified seven potentially significant deficiencies in the radionuclide sorption information published by BWIP that could lead to questionable or nonconservative radioactivity release calculations. These deficiencies are discussed in the document in detail. Specific additional information needs were also defined and reported. 23 references.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6657357
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-3763; ORNL/TM-9157; ON: DE84010806
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDES
ADSORPTION
ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
AMERICIUM
BASALT
CESIUM
CHEMISTRY
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
DATA
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVALUATED DATA
FUNCTIONS
GEOCHEMISTRY
GROUND WATER
HALOGENS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
INFORMATION
IODINE
ISOTHERM
LEAD
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
METALS
NEPTUNIUM
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PALLADIUM
PLATINUM METALS
PLUTONIUM
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADIUM
ROCKS
SELENIUM
SEMIMETALS
SOLUBILITY
SORPTION
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
STRONTIUM
SURFACE PROPERTIES
TECHNETIUM
THORIUM
TIN
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
URANIUM
VOLCANIC ROCKS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER