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Scientific Basis for NuclearWaste Management XXXII
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MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETYSYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS VOLUME 1124
Scientific Basis for NuclearWaste Management XXXII
Symposium held December 1-5, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
EDITORS:
Neil C. HyattThe University of SheffieldSheffield, United Kingdom
David A. PickettSouthwest Research InstituteSan Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
Raul B. RebakGE Global Research
Schenectady, New York, U.S.A.
IMIRISIMaterials Research Society
Warrendale, Pennsylvania
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CONTENTS
Preface xvii
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings xviii
NATIONAL PROGRAMS ANDADVANCED FUEL CYCLE
* Long-Term Performance of the Proposed YuccaMountain Repository, USA 3
Peter Swift, M.K. Knowles, Jerry McNeish,Clifford W. Hansen, Rob Howard,Robert J. MacKinnon, and S.D. Sevougian
* Corrosion Issues Related to Disposal of High-LevelNuclear Waste in the Yucca Mountain Repository 15
David J. Duquette, Ronald M. Latanision,Carlos A. Di Bella, and Bruce E. Kirstein
* Repository Design - Postclosure Safety AnalysesIterations — A Retrospective Evaluation of the LastDecade of Development of the Yucca MountainRepository 29
Robert Andrews, Gerald H. Nieder-Westermann,Jack Bailey, and Rob Howard
* Integration of Postclosure Safety Analysis with RepositoryDesign for the Yucca Mountain Repository Through theSelection of Design Control Parameters 41
Gerald H. Nieder-Westermann, Robert H. Spencer Jr.,Robert Andrews, and Neil Brown
* A Trade Study for Waste Concepts to Minimize HLWVolume 53
Dirk Gombert, Tim Trickel, Joe Carter, Steve Piet,John Vienna, and Bill Ebert
* The National Nuclear Laboratory and CollaborativeUniversity Research in the UK 65
Graham Fairhall
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DIAMOND: Academic Innovation in Support ofUK Radioactive Waste Management 77
Neil C. Hyatt, Simon R. Biggs, Francis Livens,and James Young
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
* Key Scientific Issues Related to the SustainableManagement of the Spent Nuclear Fuel in theBack-End of the Fuel Cycle 85
Christophe Poinssot and Jean-Marie Gras
Influence of the Specific Surface Area on SpentNuclear Fuel Dissolution Rates 99
Javier Quinones, Eduardo Iglesias,Nieves Rodriguez, and Juan M. Nieto
UO2 Corrosion in an Iron Waste Package 105Elizabeth D.A. Ferriss, Katheryn B. Helean,Charles Bryan, Patrick V. Brady, andRodney Ewing
Immobilization of Radionuclides on Iron CanisterMaterial at Simulated Near-Field Conditions I l l
Daqing Cui, Ylva Ranebo, Jeanett Low,Vincenzo Rondinella, Jinshan Pan, andKastriot Spahiu
A New Criterion for the Degradation of a DefectiveSpent Fuel Rod Under Dry Storage Conditions Basedon Nuclear Ceramic Cracking 117
Lionel Desgranges, Francis Charollais,Isabelle Felines, Cecile Ferry, and Jean Radwan
Corrosion Studies with High Burnup LWR Fuel inSimulated Groundwater 123
Ella Ekeroth, Jeanett Low, Hans-Urs Zwicky,and Kastriot Spahiu
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NUCLEAR WASTE GLASSESAND VITRIFICATION
Iron Redox Reactions in Model Nuclear WasteGlasses and Melts 131
Benjamin Cochain, Daniel R. Neuville,Jacques Roux, Dominique de Ligny,Denis Testemale, Olivier Pinet, andPascal Richet
Widening the Envelope of UK HLW Vitrification —Experimental Studies with High Waste LoadingFormulations Containing Platinoids 141
Carl J. Steele, Charlie Scales, andBarbara Dunnett
Microwave Processing of Glasses for WasteImmobilization 147
Martin C. Stennett and Neil C. Hyatt
95Mo NMR Study of Crystallization in ModelNuclear Waste Glasses 153
Scott Kroeker, Ian Farnan, Sophie Schuller,and Thierry Advocat
Glass Development for Vitrification of WetIntermediate Level Waste (WILW) fromDecommissioning of the Hinkley Point fAf Site 161
Paul A. Bingham, Neil C. Hyatt, Russell J. Hand,and Christopher R. Wilding
Infrared Spectroscopy Structural Analysis ofCorroded Nuclear Waste Glass K-26 167
Alexander Barinov, Galina Varlakova,Irene Startceva, Sergey Stefanovsky,and Michael I. Ojovan
Electron Energy-Loss Near-Edge Structure ofZircon 175
Nan Jiang
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Effects of Silica Particle Size and pH on RheologicalProperties of Simulated Melter Feed Slurries forNuclear Waste Vitrification 181
Hong Zhao and Ian L. Pegg
Infra-Red and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance(EPR) Spectroscopy Studies of Simulated VitrifiedWastes Produced in Cold Crucible 187
Lidia Bogomolova, Sergey Stefanovsky, andJames C. Marra
CERAMIC WASTEFORMS
* HIPed Tailored Pyrochlore-Rich Glass-CeramicWaste Forms for the Immobilization of Nuclear Waste 195
Melody L. Carter, Huijun Li, Yingjie Zhang,Andrew L. Gillen, and Eric R. Vance
Calcium Phosphate: A Potential Host for HalideContaminated Plutonium Wastes 207
Brian Metcalfe, Ian Donald, Shirley Fong,Lee Gerrard, Denis Strachan, and Randall Scheele
Experimental and Atomistic Modeling Study of IonIrradiation Damage in Thin Crystals of the TiO2
Polymorphs 213Gregory R. Lumpkin, Katherine L. Smith,Mark G. Blackford, Bronwyn S. Thomas,Darren J. Attard, Karl R. Whittle, Nigel A. Marks,and Nestor J. Zaluzec
Porous Alumosilicates as a Filter for High-Temperature Trapping of Cesium-137 Vapor 219
Albert Aloy and Alexander V. Strelnikov
Oxygen Lattice Distortions and U Oxidation Statesin UO2+X Fluorite Structures 225
Lionel Desgranges and Gianguido Baldinozzi
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Cerium Dioxide Surface Characterization andDetermination of Surface Site Density byPotentiometric Fast Titration 231
Javier Quinones, Nieves Rodriguez,Juan C. Marugan, Eduardo Iglesias,Juan M. Nieto, Tiziana Missana,Nairoby Albarran, and Joaquin Cobos
In Situ Radiation Damage Studies of Ca3Zr2FeAlSiOi2
and Ca3Hf2FeAlSiO12 237Mark Blackford, Karl R. Whittle,Gregory R. Lumpkin, Katherine L. Smith,and Nestor J. Zaluzec
Characterization of Ion Beam Irradiated Zirconolitefor Pu Disposition 243
Martin C. Stennett, Neil C. Hyatt, Daniel Reid,Ewan Maddrell, Nianhua Peng, Chris Jeynes,Karen Kirkby, and Joseph Woicik
ENGINEERED BARRIER SYSTEMSAND THE NEAR FIELD
Identification of Oxygen-Depleting Componentsin MX-80 Bentonite 251
Torbjorn Carlsson and Arto Muurinen
Soft X-ray Spectroscopic Characterization ofMontmorillonite 257
Jan-Erik Rubensson, Franz Hennies,Lars Werme, and Ola Karnland
Diffusion Behavior of Humic Acid in CompactedBentonite: Effect of Ionic Strength, Dry Density andMolecular Weight of Humic Acid 263
Kazuki Iijima, Seiichi Kurosawa, Minoru Tobita,Satoshi Kibe, and Yuji Ouchi
Experimental Work Conducted on MgO Characterizationand Hydration 271
Haoran Deng, Yongliang Xiong, Martin Nemer,and Shelly Johnsen
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Diffusion of 60Co, 137Cs and 152Eu in Opalinus Clay 277Miguel Garcia-Gutierrez, Jose L. Cormenzana,Tiziana Missana, Manuel Mingarro, andUrsula Alonso
Migration Behavior of Plutonium in CompactedBentonite Under Reducing Conditions Controlledwith Potentiostat 283
Kazuya Idemitsu, Hirotomo Ikeuchi,Syeda A. Nessa, Yaohiro Inagaki,Tatsumi Arima, Shigeru Yamazaki,Toshiaki Mitsugashira, Mitsuo Hara,and Yoshimitsu Suzuki
State of Compacted MX-80 Bentonite AfterSimulation of Thermo-Hydraulic Conditionsin Deep Geological Storage 289
Roberto Gomez-Espina andMaria Victoria Villar
Temporal Evolution of the Concrete-BentoniteSystem Under Repository Conditions 295
Elena Torres Alvarez, Alicia Escribano,Maria J. Turrero, Pedro L. Martin,Javier Pena, and Maria V. Villar
Evolution of the Geochemical Conditions inthe Bentonite Barrier and Its Influence on theCorrosion of the Carbon Steel Canister 301
Elena Torres Alvarez, Alicia Escribano,Juan L. Baldonedo, Maria J. Turrero,Pedro L. Martin, Javier Pena, andMaria V. Villar
A Thermodynamic Approach on the Effect of SaltConcentration on Swelling Pressure of Water-Saturated Bentonite 307
Haruo Sato
Limitations on Radionuclide Release from PartiallyFailed Containers 313
Lubna K. Hamdan and John C. Walton
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Dependence of the Dynamic Behavior ofSupersaturated Silicic Acid on the SurfaceArea of the Solid Phase 319
Yuichi Niibori, Yasunori Kasuga,Hiroshi Kokubun, Kazuki Iijima,and Hitoshi Mimura
CEMENT-BASED SYSTEMS
Modeling the Spatial and Temporal Evolution of pHin the Cementitious Backfill of a Geological DisposalFacUity 327
Joe S. Small and Olivia R. Thompson
Properties and Composition of Cemented RadioactiveWastes Extracted from the Mound-Type Repository 333
Galina A. Varlakova, Michael I. Ojovan,Zoya I. Golubeva, Alexander S. Barinov,and Igor A. Sobolev
RBS and juPIXE Study of I and Cs HeterogeneousRetention on Concrete 339
Ursula Alonso, Tiziana Missana,Miguel Garcia-Gutierrez, Alessandro Patelli,Daniele Ceccato, Valentino Rigato,Nairoby Albarran, Henar Rojo, andTrinidad Lopez
The Inhibition of Aluminium Corrosion in OPCBased Composite Cements 345
Nicholas C. Collier, Neil B. Milestone, andPaul D. Swift
Assessing Radionuclide Solubility Limits for Cement-Based, Near-Surface Disposal 351
David A. Pickett, Karen E. Pinkston, andJames L. Myers
Acoustic Emission Characterization of CementitiousWasteforms Under Three-Point Bending andCompression 357
Lyubka M. Spasova and Michael I. Ojovan
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Modeling of pH Elevation Due to the Reaction ofSaline Groundwater with Hydrated OrdinaryPortland Cement Phases 365
Akira Honda, Kenta Masuda, Hiroshi Nakanishi,Hideki Fujita, and Kumi Negishi
Cement Based Encapsulation Experiments ofLow-Radioactive Phosphate Effluent 373
Atsushi Sugaya, Kenichi Horiguchi,Kenji Tanaka, and Shigeru Akutsu
Diffusion Behavior of Organic Carbon and Iodinein Low-Heat Portland Cement Containing Fly Ash 379
Taiji Chida and Daisuke Sugiyama
GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL ANDWASTE TREATMENT
Uranium-Series Disequilibrium Studies in Bedrockfor the Safety Case of Deep Geological Disposal ofSpent Fuel 387
Kari Rasilainen, Juhani Suksi, Petteri Pitkanen,Nuria Marcos, and Torbjorn Carlsson
Uranium Mineralogy at the Askola Ore Deposit,Southern Finland 393
Mira Markovaara-Koivisto, David Read,Antero Lindberg, Marja Siitari-Kauppi,and Nuria Marcos
Secondary Minerals and Ambient Fluid Flow atYucca Mountain 399
William M. Murphy
A Systematic Approach to Evaluate the Importanceof Concerns Affecting the Geological Disposal ofRadioactive Wastes 407
Takao Ohi, Manabu Inagaki, Makoto Kawamura,and Takeshi Ebashi
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Estimation of Ra Concentration in High-LevelRadioactive Waste Disposal System 413
Yasushi Yoshida and Hideki Yoshikawa
Tribochemical Treatment for Immobilization ofRadioactive Wastes 421
Olga G. Batyukhnova and Michael I. Ojovan
Resorcinarenes and Aza-Crowns as New Extractantsfor the Separation of Technetium-99 427
Patricia Paviet-Hartmann, Jared Horkley,Joshua Pak, Eric Brown, and Terry Todd
CONTAINER CORROSION
* Comparison of Alloy 22 Crevice CorrosionRepassivation Potentials from DifferentElectrochemical Methods 435
Ricardo M. Carranza
A Comparison of the Corrosion Resistance of Iron-Based Amorphous Metals and Austenitic Alloys inSynthetic Brines at Elevated Temperature 447
Joseph C. Farmer
Studies of the Effect of Chloride and Nitrate on thePropagation of Localized Corrosion of Alloy 22 455
Fraser King, Jingli Luo, Licai Mao, Mick Apted,John Kessler, and Andrew Sowder
Corrosion Behavior of Weld Zone of Carbon SteelOverpack for HLW Geological Disposal 463
Yutaka Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Mitsui,Rieko Takahashi, Hidekazu Asano,Naoki Taniguchi, and Morimasa Naito
General Corrosion Behavior of N06022 in SuperConcentrated Brines at Temperatures HigherThanlOO°C 473
Raul B. Rebak
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Comparison of Wet Air and Water Radiolysis Effectson Oxidized Zircaloy-4 Corrosion 481
Claire Guipponi, Nathalie Millard-Pinard,Nicolas Bererd, Eric Serris, Michele Pijolat,Veronique Peres, Virginie Wasselin-Trupin,Laurent Pinard, Laurent Roux, and Pascal Leverd
Effect of Fluoride Ions on Passivity and Chloride-Induced Crevice Corrosion of Alloy 22 487
Ricardo M. Carranza, Martin A. Rodriguez,and Raul B. Rebak
Robustness of Passive Films in High TemperatureBrines 493
Joe Payer and Pallavi Pharkya
MIGRATION AND COLLOIDS
* The Formation and Modeling of CoUoids from theCorrosion of Nuclear Waste Forms 509
Edgar Buck and Rick S. Wittman
Evaluation of Colloid Transport Experiments in aQuarried Block 519
Hua Cheng and Vladimir Cvetkovic
Release of Colloids from Injection Grout Silica Sol 525Pirkko L. Holtta, Martti Hakanen, Mari Lahtinen,Anumaija Leskinen, Jukka Lehto, and Piia Juhola
Ni(II) Sorption on the Fracture Filling MineralChlorite 531
Asa Zazzi and Susanna Wold
Performance Assessment for Depleted UraniumDisposal in a Near-Surface Disposal Facility 537
Karen Pinkston, David W. Esh, andChristopher J. Grossman
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3D Random Walk Simulation of Migration Behaviorof Radionuclide in a Granite Core 543
Yoshimi Seida, Hiroyasu Takase, Hiroaki Takahashi,and Yuichi Niibori
Sorption and Retardation Processes of Cs in GraniteUnder Ground Water Conditions 549
Yoshimi Seida, Takahiro Kikuchi, Hiroaki Takahashi,Hisao Satoh, Akira Ueda, and Hidekazu Yoshida
Physical Rock Matrix Characterization: Structuraland Mineralogical Heterogeneities in Granite 555
Mikko Voutilainen, Suvi Lamminmaki,Jussi Timonen, Marja Siitari-Kauppi,and Daniel Breitner
Experimental Study and Modeling of Uranium (VI)Sorption Onto a Spanish Smectite 561
Tiziana Missana, Ursula Alonso,Miguel Garcia-Gutierrez, Nairoby Albarran,and Trinidad Lopez
Influence of Humic Acid on Se and Th Sorption onSedimentary Rock 567
Yoshimi Seida, Yukio Tachi, Akira Kitamura,Toshiyuki Nakazawa, and Norikazu Yamada
Sorption and Diffusion of Cs in Horonobe-URLfsSedimentary Rock: Comparison and Model Predictionof Retardation Parameters from Sorption andDiffusion Experiments 573
Yukio Tachi, Yoshimi Seida, Reisuke Doi,Xiaobin Xia, and Mikazu Yui
Migration Behavior of Bentonite Colloids through aFractured Rock 581
Yoshio Kuno and Hiroshi Sasamoto
Author Index 587
Subject Index 591
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PREFACE
Symposium Q, "Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXII," was heldDecember 1-5 at the 2008 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The scientificprogram featured 72 oral and 34 poster presentations, from 15 countries, covering:national research programs; advanced fuel cycles; behavior of spent nuclear fuel; nuclearwaste glasses and vitrification; ceramic wasteforms; engineered barrier systems and thenear field; cementitious wasteforms; geological disposal; container corrosion; wasteformperformance and natural analogues; migration and colloids. The symposium featured aspecial focus session on Yucca Mountain, and a joint session on actinide fuels andwasteforms with Symposium O, "Structure/Property Relationships in Fluorite-DerivativeCompounds."
The success of this 32nd Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management symposiumand the publication of this volume is the result of contributions from many people.We thank the Session Chairs for their assistance in delivering the symposium:Graham Fairhall, Virginia Oversby, Michael Ojovan, Karl Whittle, Nicholas Collier,Paul Bingham, Ricardo Carranza, Xihua He, Fraser King, Melody Carter, Martin Stennett,Edgar Buck, and Joe Small. We are grateful to our Symposium Assistant, Daniel Reid, forhis help in ensuring that the symposium ran smoothly. We also wish to thank the manyparticipants who reviewed the manuscripts published in this proceedings volume. We alsothank the entire MRS staff for their impeccable support in organizing the symposium and inthe production of this volume.
On behalf of the symposium participants, we wish to record our particular thanks toLars Werme and Virginia Oversby as Chair and Secretary, respectively, of theinternational advisory committee, for their dedication to the Symposium on the ScientificBasis for Nuclear Waste Management. The new Chair, Neil Hyatt, was elected by theinternational advisory committee during the 2008 MRS Fall Meeting.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our symposium sponsors:
CEA Marcoule (France)GE Global Research (USA)National Nuclear Laboratory (UK)Southwest Research Institute (USA)
We look forward to meeting again in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the 33rd symposiumwhich begins May 24, 2009; in San Francisco, USA, for the 34th symposium which willbe held at the 2010 MRS Spring Meeting which starts April 5, 2010; and in BuenosAires, Argentina, for the 35th symposium which commences on October 2,2011.
Neil C. HyattDavid A. PickettRaul B. Rebak
March 2009
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Volume 1134 — Polymer-Based Smart Materials—Processes, Properties and Application, Z. Cheng,Q. Zhang, S. Bauer, D.A. Wrobleski, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-106-3
Volume 1135E —Design, Fabrication, and Self Assembly of "Patchy" and Anisometric Particles, E. Luijten,S.C. Glotzer, F. Sciortino, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-107-0
Volume 1136E —Materials in Tissue Engineering, T. Webster, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-108-7Volume 1137E —Nano- and Microscale Materials—Mechanical Properties and Behavior under Extreme
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Volume 1138E —Nanofunctional Materials, Structures and Devices for Biomedical Applications,L. Nagahara, T. Thundat, S. Bhatia, A. Boisen, K. Kataoka, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-110-0
Volume 1139 — Microelectromechanical Systems—Materials and Devices II, S.M. Spearing,S. Vengallatore, J. Bagdahn, N. Sheppard, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-111-7
Volume 1 HOE —Advances in Material Design for Regenerative Medicine, Drug Delivery andTargeting/Imaging, V.P. Shastri, A. Lendlein, L.S. Liu, S. Mitragotri, A. Mikos, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-112-4
Volume 114IE —Bio-Inspired Transduction, Fundamentals and Applications, T. Vo-Dinh, C. Liu,A. Zribi, Y. Zhao, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-113-1
Volume 1142 — Nanotubes, Nanowires, Nanobelts and Nanocoils—Promise, Expectations and Status,P. Bandaru, S. Grego, I. Kinloch, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-114-8
Volume 1143E —Transport Properties in Polymer Nanocomposites, J. Grunlan, M. Ellsworth, S. Nazarenko,J-F. Feller, B. Pivovar, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-115-5
Volume 1144 — Nanowires—Synthesis, Properties, Assembly and Applications, Y. Cui, E.P.A.M. Bakkers,L. Lauhon, A. Talin, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-116-2
Volume 1145E —Applications of Group IV Semiconductor Nanostructures, T. van Buuren, L. Tsybeskov,S. Fukatsu, L. Dal Negro, F. Gourbilleau, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-117-9
Volume 1146E —In Situ Studies across Spatial and Temporal Scales for Nanoscience and Technology,S. Kodambaka, G. Rijnders, A. Petford-Long, A. Minor, S. Helveg, A. Ziegler, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-118-6
Volume 1147E —Grazing-Incidence Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering, B. Ocko, J. Wang, K. Ludwig,T.P. Russell, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-119-3
Volume 1148E —Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials VII, P.M. Woodward, J.F. Mitchell,S.L. Brock, J.S.O. Evans, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-120-9
Volume 1149E —Synthesis and Processing of Organic and Polymeric Functional Materials for aSustainable Energy Economy, J. Li, C-C. Wu, S.Y. Park, F.B. McCormick, 2009,ISBN 978-1-60511-121-6
Volume 1150E —Artificially Induced Grain Alignment in Thin Films, V. Matias, R. Hammond,S-H. Moon, R. Huhne, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-122-3
Volume 115IE —Selecting and Qualifying New Materials for Use in Regulated Industries, R. Rogge,J. Theaker, C. Hubbard, R. Schneider, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-123-0
Volume 1152E —Local Structure and Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Jeff Th.M. de Hosson,A.L. Greer, C.A. Volkert, K.F. Kelton, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60511-124-7
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