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ArticleNuclear technology2021

Water Migration and Swelling in Engineered Barrier Materials for Radioactive Waste Disposal.

Joanna McFarlane, Lawrence M Anovitz, Michael C Cheshire, Victoria H DiStefano, Hassina Z Bilheux, Jean-Christophe Bilheux, Luke L Daemen, Richard E Hale, Robert L Howard, A Ramirez-Cuesta and 7 more

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Article in Nuclear technology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Joanna McFarlaneOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.ORCID 0000-0002-4112-5104
Lawrence M AnovitzOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Michael C CheshireOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Victoria H DiStefanoOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Hassina Z BilheuxOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Jean-Christophe BilheuxOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Luke L DaemenOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Richard E HaleOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Robert L HowardOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
A Ramirez-CuestaOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Louis J SantodonatoOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6110.
Markus BleuelNational Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.
Daniel S HusseyNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.
David L JacobsonNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.
Jacob M LaMannaNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.
Edmund PerfectUniversity of Tennessee, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1410.
Logan M QuallsUniversity of Tennessee, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1410.

Funding

Intramural NIST DOC 9999-NIST
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deep, underground repositories are needed to isolate radioactive waste from the biosphere. Because bentonite is an integral component of many multibarrier repository systems, information on the hydraulic behavior of bentonite is crucial for modeling the long-term viability of such systems. In this paper the hydraulic behavior of bentonite samples was analyzed as a function of aggregate size, and samples were subjected to hydrothermal treatments involving contact with NaCl, KCl, and deionized water. Neutron and X-ray imaging were used to quantify water sorption into packed bentonite samples and bentonite swelling into the water column. The distance between the original clay-water interface and the wetting front was determined as a function of time. Average water uptake exhibited a square-root-of-time dependence in freshly prepared samples, but more variable rates were observed for samples previously in contact with water. The radiography was supported by small-angle neutron scattering analysis and ultra-small-angle neutron scattering analysis of aggregate size distributions and by inelastic neutron scattering to understand the physicochemical environment of the sorbed water. Results showed that hydrothermal treatment with KCl had the greatest effect of increased water transport in the bentonite, possibly as a result of the interaction of K

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bentonite swellingengineered clay barriers for nuclear fuel disposalinterfacial energy of water in porous bentoniteneutron radiographyWater uptake into bentonite

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PMID39380625
PMCPMC11459881

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