Predictive and Inverse Modeling of a Radionuclide Diffusion Experiment in Crystalline Rock at ONKALO (Finland)Amphos 21, 08019, Barcelona, Spain.
Amphos 21, 08019, Barcelona, Spain.
Technical University of Liberec, 461 17, Liberec 1, Czech Republic.
Technical University of Liberec, 461 17, Liberec 1, Czech Republic.
ÚJV Řež, a.s, 250 68, Husinec, Czech Republic.
ÚJV Řež, a.s, 250 68, Husinec, Czech Republic.
Czech Technical University in Prague, 160 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Czech Technical University in Prague, 160 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Progeo, 252 63, Roztoky, Czech Republic.
Progeo, 252 63, Roztoky, Czech Republic.
Progeo, 252 63, Roztoky, Czech Republic.
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1184, Japan, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun.
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1184, Japan, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun.
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1184, Japan, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun.
Computer-aided Fluid Engineering AB, 371 65, Lyckeby, Sweden.
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon, 3405, Republic of Korea.
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon, 3405, Republic of Korea.
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Fracture Systems Ltd, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1EQ, United Kingdom.
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2023 (English)In: Nuclear Technology, ISSN 0029-5450, E-ISSN 1943-7471, Vol. 209, no 11, p. 1765-1784Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The REPRO-TDE test was performed at a depth of about 400 m in the ONKALO underground research facility in Finland. Synthetic groundwater containing radionuclide tracers [tritiated water tracer (HTO), 36Cl, 22Na, 133Ba, and 134Cs] was circulated for about 4 years in a packed-off interval of the injection borehole. Tracer activities were additionally monitored in two observation boreholes. The test was the subject of a modeling exercise by the SKB GroundWater Flow and Transport of Solutes Task Force. Eleven teams participated in the exercise, using different model concepts and approaches. Predictive model calculations were based on laboratory-based information concerning porosities, diffusion coefficients, and sorption partition coefficients. After the experimental results were made available, the teams were able to revise their models to reproduce the observations. General conclusions from these back-analysis calculations include the need for reduced effective diffusion coefficients for 36Cl compared to those applicable to HTO (anion exclusion), the need to implement weaker sorption for 22Na compared to results from laboratory batch sorption experiments, and the observation of large differences between the theoretical initial concentrations for the strongly sorbing 133Ba and 134Cs, and the first measured values a few hours after tracer injection. Different teams applied different concepts, concerning mainly the implementation of isotropic versus anisotropic diffusion, or the possible existence of borehole disturbed zones around the different boreholes. The role of microstructure was also addressed in two of the models.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Informa UK Limited , 2023. Vol. 209, no 11, p. 1765-1784
Keywords [en]
diffusion, field experiment, Radionuclides, sorption, modeling
National Category
Environmental Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-338559DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2023.2209234ISI: 001004445200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85163083960OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-338559DiVA, id: diva2:1810362
Note
QC 20231107
2023-11-072023-11-072025-04-24Bibliographically approved