Brine Transport Experiments in Granular Salt

Technical Report · Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1257087· OSTI ID:1257087

Jordan, Amy B. ^[1]; Boukhalfa, Hakim ^[1]; Caporuscio, Florie Andre ^[1]; Stauffer, Philip H. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

To gain confidence in the predictive capability of numerical models, experimental validation must be performed to ensure that parameters and processes are correctly simulated. The laboratory investigations presented herein aim to address knowledge gaps for heat-generating nuclear waste (HGNW) disposal in bedded salt that remain after examination of prior field and laboratory test data. Primarily, we are interested in better constraining the thermal, hydrological, and physicochemical behavior of brine, water vapor, and salt when moist salt is heated. The target of this work is to use run-of-mine (RoM) salt; however during FY2015 progress was made using high-purity, granular sodium chloride.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1257087
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-15-26804; TRN: US1601483
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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