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Assessment of Gas Generation in Underground Repository of Low-Level Waste

저준위 방사성폐기물 처분장에서의 기체 발생 평가

  • Published : 1996.02.01
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Abstract

In a repository containing low-level waste, gas generation will occur principally by the coupled processes of metal corrosion and microbial degradation of cellulosic waste. This paper describes a mathematical model designed to address gas generation by these mechanisms and assesses the potential effects of gas generation on the performance of a radioactive waste repository. The metal corrosion model incorporates a three-stage process encompassing aerobic and anaerobic corrosion regimes ; the microbial degradation model simulates the activities of eight different microbial populations, which are maintained as functions both of pH and of the concentrations of particular chemical species. A prediction is made for gas concentrations and generation rates over an assessment period of ten thousand years in a radioactive waste repository. The results suggest that H$_2$will be the principal gas generated within the radioactive waste cavern.

방사성폐기물 처분후 처분장내에서는 금속의 부식과 셀룰로스 물질의 미생물 분해에 의한 기체가 발생하게 된다. 이 논문에서는 금속부식과 미생물 분해에 의해 발생되는 기체의 발생률을 예측하는 수학적 모델을 검토하고, 그로부터 저준위 방사성폐기물 처분장에 대한 기체 발생률을 예측하여 보았다. 금속성 물질의 부식은 3단계로 일어나며 그중 마지막 단계에서 H$_2$가 발생하게 된다. 셀룰로스 물질의 미생물 분해는 8가지 형태의 박테리아에 의해 일어나는 화학반응에 따라H$_2$, $CO_2$, CH$_4$등이 발생하게 되는데 이는 처분장내의 pH 및 몇몇 화학종의 농도에 따라 반응률이 결정되게 된다. 이 논문에서는 처분후 약10,000년 동안 발생되는 주요 기체의 발생률 및 누적발생 량을 예측하여 보았다. 평가 결과, 중저준위 방사성폐기물 처분장내에서 발생되는 기체는 H$_2$가 가장 많이 발생되는 것을 알 수 있었다.

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