Kinetics of Fe3+mineral crystallization from ferrihydrite in the presence of Si at alkaline conditions and implications for nuclear waste disposal

2016 ◽  
Vol 101 (9) ◽  
pp. 2057-2069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Clarence M. Francisco ◽  
Tsutomu Sato ◽  
Tsubasa Otake ◽  
Takeshi Kasama
2010 ◽  
Vol 74 (10) ◽  
pp. 2894-2914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Truche ◽  
Gilles Berger ◽  
Christine Destrigneville ◽  
Damien Guillaume ◽  
Eric Giffaut

1999 ◽  
Vol 556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fraser King ◽  
Miroslav Kolar ◽  
Simcha Stroes-Gascoyne ◽  
Peter Bellingham ◽  
James Chu ◽  
...  

AbstractA mathematical model has been developed to predict the extent of sulphate reduction by sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in an underground nuclear waste disposal vault and the consequences for corrosion of the waste package. The model is based on a series of massbalance equations that describe the kinetics of sulphate reduction by two types of SRB (one organotrophic and one chemoheterotrophic), the growth and death of SRB, the supply and consumption of nutrients (acetate and hydrogen) and reactants (SO42−) and the consumption of sulphide by precipitation with aqueous Fe(II) or by container corrosion. The disposal vault is described by a series of 1-D mass-transport barriers representing the buffer and backfill materials and fractured rock. The model can also be used to simulate the effects of γ-radiation and desiccation of the buffer and backfill materials on the extent of microbial activity.


Nature ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 329 (6137) ◽  
pp. 278-278
Author(s):  
Kathy Johnston

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