Investigating advection–dispersion behavior for simulation of HTO and 238Pu transport in argillaceous shale with different varying degrees of weathering
Author:
Yunfeng Shi 12, Yang Song1, Wang Longjiang1, Chen Wenjie1, Tan Jun1, Gao Kai1, Xiong Weijia3, Zhang Aiming1, Lian Bing1
Affiliation:
1. Department of Nuclear Environmental Science , China Institute for Radiation Protection (CIRP) , Taiyuan 030006 , China 2. Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory , East China University of Technology , Nanchang 330013 , China 3. CNNC Environmental Protection Corporation (ECPC) , Beijing 100045 , China
Abstract
Abstract
Exploring the migration behavior of radioactive nuclides in the surrounding rock media of the disposal site is the basis for the safety evaluation of radioactive waste disposal sites. In this study, the column experiment was employed to evaluate the nuclide migration behavior in the surrounding rock medium of a near-surface disposal site in China and to investigate the advection–dispersion behavior of tritium (HTO) and plutonium-238 (238Pu) in highly weathered argillaceous shale with different degree of weathering. A reasonable numerical model was selected to fit the experimental breakthrough curves (BTCs) and obtain relevant migration parameters. The results showed that: (1) the breakthrough curves of HTO and 238Pu in fractured media with varying degrees of weathering exhibited clear “peak forward” and “tail dragging” phenomena; (2) the stream tube model can better fit the BTCs of the nuclides in the highly weathered fractures and obtain the average dispersion coefficient <D>, average distribution coefficient <K
d>, and other parameters; (3) the two-region non-equilibrium model can better fit the BTCs of the nuclides in the penetrating fractures and weak weathering fractures and obtain the volumetric water content of the mobile liquid region (θ
m), distribution coefficient (K
d), and other parameters.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Shanxi Province State Key Laboratory for Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China Institute of Technology The National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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