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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt-k.2013.11.4.281

Travel Times of Radionuclides Released from Hypothetical Multiple Source Positions in the KURT Site  

Ko, Nak-Youl (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Jeong, Jongtae (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Kyung Su (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Hwang, Youngtaek (Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.11, no.4, 2013 , pp. 281-291 More about this Journal
Abstract
A hypothetical repository was assumed to be located at the KURT (KAERI Underground Research Tunnel) site, and the travel times of radionuclides released from three source positions were calculated. The groundwater flow around the KURT site was simulated and the groundwater pathways from the hypothetical source positions to the shallow groundwater were identified. Of the pathways, three pathways were selected because they had highly water-conductive features. The transport travel times of the radionuclides were calculated by a TDRW (Time-Domain Random Walk) method. Diffusion and sorption mechanisms in a host rock matrix as well as advection-dispersion mechanisms under the KURT field condition were considered. To reflect the radioactive decay, four decay chains with the radionuclides included in the high-level radioactive wastes were selected. From the simulation results, the half-life and distribution coefficient in the rock matrix, as well as multiple pathways, had an influence on the mass flux of the radionuclides. For enhancing the reliability of safety assessment, this reveals that identifying the history of the radionuclides contained in the high-level wastes and investigating the sorption processes between the radionuclides and the rock matrix in the field condition are preferentially necessary.
Keywords
Radionuclide transport simulation; Transport travel time; Multiple source positions; Sorption in a rock matrix; TDRW method;
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