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Measurements of the Thermal Conductivity of Domestic Bentonite for Improving the Physical Performance of Buffer  

Kim, Geon-Young (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Seung-Soo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Jong-Won (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park, Seong-Wan (SUD-CHEMIE Korea Co., Ltd.)
Bae, Dae-Seok (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.19, no.2, 2006 , pp. 89-98 More about this Journal
Abstract
The thermal conductivities of bentonite blocks with various dry densities (1.6 and $1.8g/cm^3$), water contents (5, 9.4, 15, 20 wt%) and sand contents (0, 10, 20, 30 wt%) were measured in order to investigate the improvement in physical performance of buffer as an engineered barrier. The raw material was domestic bentonite from Oksan mine located in Gyeongju city. The increase in water content was most effective for improving the thermal conductivity. Especiallly, the bentonite blocks with more than 15 wt% of water content showed more than 1.0 W/mK values of thermal conductivity regardless of their dry densities and sand contents. Therefore, if the domestic Oksan bentonite is used as a buffer material, we can suggest that the manufacture of bentonite block having dry density of $1.6g/cm^3$, sand content of $10{\sim}30$ wt% and water content of 15 wt% will be most effective considering the easiness of a manufacturing of bentonite block and the efficiency of an increase in the thermal conductivity.
Keywords
thermal conductivity; buffer; bentonite; high level waste disposal; engineered barrier;
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