kth.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Predictive and Inverse Modeling of a Radionuclide Diffusion Experiment in Crystalline Rock at ONKALO (Finland)
IDAEA-CSIC, 08034, Barcelona, Spain.
University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2514-3695
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, FI-02044, VTT, Finland, VTT.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1364-1064
Show others and affiliations
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

Available from: 2023-11-07 Created: 2023-11-07 Last updated: 2025-04-24Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

Publisher's full textScopus

Authority records

Moreno, Luis

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Kekäläinen, PekkaPulkkanen, Veli MattiMoreno, Luis
By organisation
KTH
In the same journal
Nuclear Technology
Environmental Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

doi
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
urn-nbn
Total: 43 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf