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Overview of Chemical Modeling of Nuclear Waste Glass Dissolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

William L. Bourcier
William L. Bourcier*
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-2199, Livermore, CA 94550
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Abstract

Glass dissolution takes place through metal leaching and hydration of the glass surface accompanied by development of alteration layers of varying crystallinity. The reaction which controls the long-term glass dissolution rate appears to be surface layer dissolution. This reaction is reversible because the buildup of dissolved species in solution slows the dissolution rate due to a decreased dissolution affinity. Glass dissolution rates are therefore highly dependent on silica concentrations in solution because silica is the major component of the alteration layer.

Chemical modeling of glass dissolution using reaction path computer codes has successfully been applied to short term experimental tests and used to predict long-term repository performance. Current problems and limitations of the models include a poorly defined long-term glass dissolution mechanism, the use of model parameters determined from the same experiments that the model is used to predict, and the lack of sufficient validation of key assumptions in the modeling approach. Work is in progress that addresses these issues.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 212: Symposium P – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIV , 1990 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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