The Influence of Corrosion Products on Sorption and Distribution of Actinides on Minerals of Fractured Rocks from the Yeniseisky Site of the Nizhnekansky Massif (Krasnoyarsk Krai)

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The influence of metal structures corrosion products of the repository on the sorption behavior of long-lived radionuclides in the environment of the host crystalline rocks should be taken into account during predictive modeling to confirm the safety of deep disposal of radioactive waste (RW). In this work the influence of iron (II/III) on the sorption and spatial distribution of 237Np, 239Pu and 241Am on the minerals of the fractured rock sample of the Yeniseisky site of the Nizhnekansky massif (Krasnoyarsk region) was investigated. Kinetic dependences and quantitative parameters of actinide sorption in the presence of iron in model solutions, including the solution after contact with steel ST3, were obtained. It is shown that the presence of iron in the form of hydroxide increases the sorption/precipitation of actinides, while iron in ionic form practically does not affect the sorption of actinides by rocks. The preferential actinide retention phase, which was formed by iron (III) precipitation on the calcite surface, was determined by digital radiography. It was determined by Raman spectroscopy that this phase corresponds with the iron-bearing mineral lepidocrocite.

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A. A. Rodionova

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of RAS; Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: rodionova@geokhi.ru
Kosygin Str., 19, Moscow, 119991 Russia; Leninskie gory, 1, Moscow, 119991 Russia

E. Y. Khvorostinin

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of RAS

Kosygin Str., 19, Moscow, 119991 Russia

S. A. Fimina

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of RAS

Kosygin Str., 19, Moscow, 119991 Russia

V. S. Perova

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of RAS

Kosygin Str., 19, Moscow, 119991 Russia

V. O. Yapaskurt

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Leninskie gory, 1, Moscow, 119991 Russia

I. E. Vlasova

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Leninskie gory, 1, Moscow, 119991 Russia

A. P. Krivenko

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of RAS

Kosygin Str., 19, Moscow, 119991 Russia

S. E. Vinokurov

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of RAS

Kosygin Str., 19, Moscow, 119991 Russia

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