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Core flow-through apparatus: letter report documenting testing phase
As part of the task of developing conceptual, physical and chemical, and performance models of the dynamics of water and dissolved and colloidal radionuclide constituents in the near-field, measurements of flow and transport properties of repository rocks and other near- field components are required. An apparatus has been fabricated that will be used to collect pertinent flow and transport data at temperatures expected in the near-field. Description of the core-flow apparatus (CFA) and preliminary testing results are included in this letter report. The apparatus was designed to study the flow of radionuclide-bearing solutions through fractured or unfractured cylindrical samples of rock and other competent materials (e.g. concrete). Because near-field transport was the goal, the CFA was designed to be operated at elevated temperatures
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Core flow experiment protocol
This letter report describes the current status of the core flow through apparatus and describes the protocol and test matrix to be followed during the initial experimental stage of radionuclide transport studies in the Integrated Testing task
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Intracrystalline diffusion in clinoptilolite: Implications for radionuclide isolation
Experiments have been performed to measure the rate of exchange diffusion in the zeolite clinoptilolite (CL) for elements important to radionuclide isolation at Yucca Mountain, NV. Clinoptilolite is one of the major sorptive minerals in the tuffs at Yucca Mountain, and occurs both as a major component in zeolitized units (Calico Hills), and in fractures in non-zeolitized tuffs (Topopah Spring). Field evidence and numerical modeling suggests that the movement of fluids through the tuff rocks adjacent to the potential repository may occur via episodic flow through fractures. Under conditions of rapid fracture flow the effective sorptive capacity of fracture-lining clinoptilolite may be controlled by exchange diffusion rather than exchange equilibrium