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- Title
Radionuclide and Heat Transport from Hypothetical SNF Canister in Crystalline Basement, Case of South-Eastern Lithuania.
- Authors
Jakimavičiūtė-Maselienė, Vaidotė; Mažeika, Jonas; Motiejūnas, Stasys
- Abstract
The Strategy on Radioactive Waste Management of Lithuania (Radioaktyviųjų… 2008) envisages evaluating the possibilities of disposal of spent nuclear fuel and long-lived radioactive waste from operation and decommissioning of Ignalina NPP in a deep geological repository. The crystalline basement and sedimentary cover of south-eastern Lithuania was selected for the current model case studies due to availability of geological and hydrogeological data from previous explorations. Groundwater flow, radionuclide (iodine-129 as mobile and long-lived one) transport and heat transfer, modelling using computer code FEFLOW was performed. The model domain of south-eastern Lithuania comprises Protero-zoic-Archaean aquifer with overlaying aquifers system of sedimentary cover. The upward groundwater flow through defected canister located in tectonically damaged zone was conservatively generated. The main results of calculations are following: in case of upward groundwater flow, the maximum activity concentration of 129I in groundwater of the tectonic fracture zone above defected canister will not exceed 10−4 Bq/l; the maximum temperature in the tectonic fracture will obtain about 30-35°C and will not impact on the radionuclide transport. Location of model domain in south-eastern Lithuania does not mean any reference to the site for deep geological repository. The results show that doses obtained by human via drinking water should be below the dose constraint (0.2 mSv /year).
- Subjects
RADIOISOTOPES; HEAT transfer; CRYSTALLINE polymers; RADIOACTIVE waste disposal management; NUCLEAR fuel management; FINITE element method
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Engineering & Landscape Management, 2012, Vol 20, Issue 2, p121
- ISSN
1648-6897
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3846/16486897.2012.688363