Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) (방사성폐기물학회지)

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Effect of a Hydrothermal Reaction on the Expandibility, Layer Charge, and CEC of Smectite Clay

스멕타이트 점토의 팽창도, 층전하, 양이온 교환능에 대한 열수반응의 영향

  • Received : 2009.11.04
  • Accepted : 2010.08.12
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

In a HLW repository, the buffer is exposed to an elevated temperature due to a radioactive decay and geochemical conditions for a long time and such a hydrothermal condition may cause a significant loss of its barrier function. This study carried out hydrothermal tests with a domestic smectite clay to investigate the changes in the expandibility, layer charge, and cation exchange capacity of the smectite. When the temperature and potassium concentration in solution was increased for the hydrothermal treatments, the expandibility decreased, the layer charge negatively increased, and the CEC also decreased.

고준위폐기물처분장에서 완충재는 오랜 기간 동안 방사성핵종의 붕괴열과 여러가지 화학조건의 지하수에 노출되며, 이러한 열수조건은 완충재물질의 차수 및 핵종저지 방벽성능에 심각한 영향을 줄 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 국산 스멕타이트를 대상으로 열수실험을 수행하고, 열수반응에 의한 스멕타이트 점토의 팽창도, 층전하, 양이온교환능의 변화를 조사하였다. 열수실험 결과, 온도와 용액 중 칼륨농도를 증가시켰을 때, 스멕타이트의 팽창도는 감소하였고, 층전하는 더 큰 음전하를 가졌으며, 양이온교환능도 감소하였다.

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