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Sorption of 14C, 99Tc, 137Cs, 90Sr, 63Ni, and 241Am onto a rock and a fracture-filling material from the Wolsong low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste repository, Gyeongju, Korea

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Sorption experiments for radionuclides such as 14C, 99Tc, 137Cs, 90Sr, 63Ni, and 241Am were conducted using two different groundwaters (GM-1 and SS-5) and solid materials (granodiorite and fracture-filling material) sampled from the Wolsong low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) repository, Gyeongju, Korea. The distribution coefficients of the radionuclides, K d’s, were obtained and their sorption properties were discussed for each radionuclide. For all sorbing radionuclides, the K d values for the fracture-filling material were observed to be higher than those for granodiorite regardless of the groundwater. The K d values were increased in the sequence 99Tc < 14C < 90Sr < 137Cs < 63Ni < 241Am regardless of sorbent types implying that the sorption of radionuclides onto geological media is affected by their chemical behavior in accordance with geochemical environments. Anionic radionuclides such as 14C and 99Tc showed very low K d values both for the granodiorite and fracture-filling material. The mineralogical composition of the geological media and groundwater conditions was also observed to be important in the sorption of sorbing radionuclides, especially in the case of strongly sorbing radionuclides.

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This study was carried out as a part of a site investigation on the Wolsong LILW repository implemented by Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., LTD. This study was supported by Hyundai Engineering Co., LTD and partially supported by the Nuclear R&D Program of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MEST), Korea.

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    M. H. Baik, S. S. Kim, J. K. Lee, S. Y. Lee & G. Y. Kim

  2. Korea Radioactive Waste Management Corporation, 710 Bonggil-ri, Yangbuk-myeon, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea

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Baik, M.H., Kim, S.S., Lee, J.K. et al. Sorption of 14C, 99Tc, 137Cs, 90Sr, 63Ni, and 241Am onto a rock and a fracture-filling material from the Wolsong low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste repository, Gyeongju, Korea. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 283, 337–345 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-009-0369-z

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