考虑溶质浓度影响的热-水-应力-迁移耦合模型及数值模拟

高放射性核废料地质处置库围岩中地下水的密度因溶质浓度不同而发生变化,这将影响到饱和-非饱和孔隙介质中近场和远场的热-水-应力耦合过程, 同时温度场、应力场也要对地下水中的核素及矿物质迁移产生作用。考虑这两个因素,建立和引入了相关的应力平衡方程、水连续性方程、能量守恒方程和渗透迁移方程,并研制出了对应分析孔隙介质中热-水-应力-迁移耦合问题的二维有限元程序。通过对一个假定的核废料地下处置库在核素泄漏后多场耦合过程的数值计算,考察了近场围岩中的温度、应力、孔隙水压力、核素浓度的分布及随时间的变化。结果初步显示了所建模型及程序可模拟热-水-应力-迁移耦合现象,因而具有一定的实用性。     

Modeling reactive transport in non-ideal aqueous–solid solution system

The numerical simulation of reactive mass transport processes in complex geochemical environments is an important tool for the performance assessment of future waste repositories. A new combination of the multi-component mass transport code GeoSys/RockFlow and the Gibbs Energy Minimization (GEM) equilibrium solver GEM-Selektor is used to calculate the accurate equilibrium of multiple non-ideal solid solutions which are important for the immobilization of radionuclides such as Ra. The coupled code is verified by a widely used benchmark of dissolution–precipitation in a calcite–dolomite system. A more complex application shown in this paper is the transport of Ra in the near-field of a nuclear waste repository. Depending on the initial inventories of Sr, Ba and sulfate, non-ideal sulfate and carbonate solid solutions can fix mobile Ra cations. Due to the complex geochemical interactions, the reactive transport simulations can describe the migration of Ra in a much more realistic way than using the traditional linear K_D approach only.     

Thermo-mechanical Stability Analysis for a Multi-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Concept

To dispose of the spent fuels generated from the Korean nuclear power plants in an underground repository, a large area of about 4 km² is required. This could be a constraint for selecting an adequate repository site and it is required to investigate the possibility of a multi-level repository design. In this study different parameters related to the multi-level repository design such as the level distance, waste type disposed of at each level, and the time interval between the operations at the levels, were investigated using the three-dimensional code, FLAC3D. For obtaining more reliable results, rock properties measured from deep boreholes were used. From the analysis, it was possible to conclude that a multi-level repository concept could be an attractive alternative to reduce the underground area as well as to dispose of the spent fuels from Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) and Canadian Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactors at different levels with different time schedules.     

核废料地下处置过程中相关动力学问题及控制措施

深地层地下处置是目前首选的核废料处置方案。由于放射性核素的长期的衰变和辐射导致的某些不可预见性因素．综合评估和预测核废料处置场的安全性是至关重要的。本文从理论上分析了核废料地下处置过程中温度场、应力场、渗流场三场相互影响、相互作用的力学机理,并提出了核废料泄漏的防治措施,为核废料地下处置过程中环境评价提供了基础理论依据。     

Conceptual model for radionuclide release,Yucca Mountain,Nevada, USA

A new conceptual model for release rate of radionuclides from the proposed repository for high level nuclear waste located at Yucca Mountain, Nevada is developed. The model predicts that heat generated from radioactive decay combined with the unsaturated environment will lead to an inward flow system that, under many relevant conditions, will slow the release of and sometimes sequester radionuclides at locations of higher heat release and lower water percolation. The amount of protection will be greatest for more concentrated waste forms such as spent fuel and less for glass waste forms. The redistribution and concentration of the radionuclides is anticipated to significantly delay radionuclide release and create a tendency towards gradual release over time that is independent of localized penetrations of metallic barriers.     

高放废物地质处置研究中的矿物学问题

在高放废物地质处置研究中的一些矿物学问题应引起矿物学家的注意 。高放废物地 质处置库的缓冲/回填材料是选择以钠质蒙脱石为主要成分的钠基膨润土,还是以钙质蒙脱 石为主的钙基膨润土?怎样选择对99Tc、129I有较好吸附能力的硒汞矿、脆 硫锑铅矿和辉锑矿的替代物来作缓冲/回填材料中的添加剂,以能阻滞99Tc和129 I的迁移?沸石对某些放射性核素的吸附特征也需进一步研究。     

核废物处置安全评价的地质类比研究

本文简要论述了利用天然地质类似物（或类比体），类比评价核废物处置系统的安全性能。地质类比研究是安全评价核废物处置系统的重要方法之一，也是地质学科的新研究领域。目前已有的地质类比研究对象主要有火山玻璃，陨石玻璃，粘土矿物，铁陨石，铜矿床，铀矿床，含含Ｔｈ和ＲＥＥ的铁矿床，天然核反应堆（一种特殊的铀矿床）和火成岩接触带等。最后对我国今后从事同类研究提出了若干建议。     

Swelling characteristics of compacted lateritic soil–bentonite mixtures subjected to municipal waste leachate contamination

Compacted soil–bentonite mixtures are finding wide application as buffer material for waste repositories for their favorable self-sealing qualities. The swelling properties of such materials which serve as a measure of their self-sealing capabilities and, thus, the efficiency of the repository in sealing off their contents from the environment are closely related to the chemistry of the leachate that emanate from the wastes. For this reason, the swelling parameters (namely swelling potential and pressure) of compacted lateritic soil–bentonite mixtures under consideration for use as barrier in municipal waste landfill were evaluated. Series of swelling potential and pressure tests were performed using variable content (0–10 %) of bentonite at predetermined optimum moisture content. Soil mixtures were compacted with British Standard Heavy compactive effort and saturated with processed tap water as well as three leachate solutions of varying ionic strength that were generated in active open dump landfills. Experimental results showed that swelling potential based on the free swell together with the maximum swell pressures of compacted soil mixtures measured at equilibrium increased approximately linearly with increase in the amount of bentonite when inundated with processed tap water and the three leachate solutions. On the other hand, these swelling parameters decreased as the ionic strength of the leachate solutions measured by their electrical conductivity increased for the various soil mixtures. These results provide an insight into the swelling behavior and the possible degradation in the efficiency of the proposed lateritic soil–bentonite mixtures in relation to their use as buffer material in waste landfills.     

裂隙刚度随应力变化对双重孔隙介质热-水-应力耦合影响的有限元分析

引入并修正了变刚度的连续屈服节理模型,同时考虑应力拉压和压力（化学）溶解对裂隙开度的综合影响,对所建立的双重孔隙-裂隙介质热-水-应力耦合有限元计算程序作了改进。通过一个假定的高放废物地质处置库的数值模拟,就岩体裂隙刚度变化的2种工况,分析了岩体中的温度、裂隙刚度、正应力、孔（裂）隙水压力和地下水流速的变化、分布情况。结果显示：与裂隙刚度是常数时相比,裂隙刚度是法向应力的函数时计算域中温度较低;岩体应力的大小也有一定不同,其分布与裂隙刚度“场”有明显的相似性;并且负孔（裂）隙水压力的绝对值要略小一点,约是常数时的98%。     

考虑自愈合效应的泥岩巷道开挖扰动区渗透性反演分析

泥岩自愈合特性是核废料库选址评价及储库安全稳定性分析的一项重要研究内容。以某泥岩高放废物处置库为研究背景,在室内和现场试验的基础上,采用指数模型建立了巷道围岩渗透性分布模型和裂隙渗透性自愈合模型;结合巷道围岩孔隙水压力的多年观测资料,通过建立能够反映实际施工过程的水-力耦合计算模型,采用精确罚函数法以及Nelder-Mead算法相结合的有限元优化反分析程序,对巷道围岩渗透性参数进行反演研究。结果表明：反演所得的围岩渗透系数量级与试验值量级均为10-12 m/s,反演孔隙水压力值与实测值比较接近;围岩垂向渗透系数的扰动程度和范围明显大于水平向渗透系数,垂向渗透系数提高了2个数量级,扰动范围约为25 m,渗透性恢复到初始水平时间约需5 a。     

缓冲层热—湿—力耦合作用研究简介

介绍了高放射性废物深地质处置库热－湿－力耦合作用，着重给出了国际高压实缓冲层热－湿－力耦合作用的研究进展，指出与高放射性废物处置库有关的热－湿－力耦合过程研究是核废物地质处置提出的新课题，涉及多学科，需广大有识之士共同合作研究。     

Scoping analyses of the coupled thermal-hydrological-mechanical behaviour of the rock mass around a nuclear fuel waste repository

Scoping calculations were performed in order to assess the influence of radiogenic heat on the performance of the rock mass around a nuclear fuel waste repository. The full coupling between the thermal, mechanical and hydrological processes involved was considered by using the finite element code, FRACON, developed through an extension of Biot's classical theory of soil consolidation. By considering the full T---H---M coupling, several important safety features, which would otherwise be omitted in uncoupled analyses, were detected in the present study. In particular, it was shown that the heat-induced pore pressure increase around the repository has the potential to significantly increase the rate of groundwater flow, and affect the structural integrity of the rock mass.     

地质系统热-水-力耦合作用的随机建模初步研究

热-水-力(THM)耦合作用是岩石力学与环境地质中的重要基础理论问题,核废料地质处置库周围的缓冲材料和围岩中的热-水-力耦合现象将影响其力学稳定性、热传导性和渗透性,进而影响放射性核素在裂隙岩体中的迁移规律。核废料或放射性废料的地下深埋处置是国际上正在研究的永久性隔离的有效方法之一。因此,对核废料地质处置法安全性评估的一个重要内容就是对裂隙岩体中力学稳定性与构造应力、地下水渗流及热载荷等的耦合作用之数值模拟和评估。这已成为当前刻不容缓的重要的环境影响评价课题。笔者研究了温度场-渗流场-应力场中热传导系数和渗透率以及岩体力学参数的空间变异性,用实验方法研究三场耦合效应及裂隙岩体的场性能等效处理,试图建立热-水-力耦合作用的随机性数学模型及可视化数值模拟方法,为核废料地质处置安全性评估提供直观的新方法。     

Investigation into water retention and gas permeability of Opalinus clay

Opalinus clay (OPA) is currently being investigated as a potential host rock for radioactive waste repository. The construction of this repository will lead to an excavation-damaged zone (EDZ) in the surrounding. Its sealing ability is crucial for the safety assessment of the geological repository. The sealing ability of OPA has a close relationship with its water retention and gas permeability behaviours. For this purpose, the water retention and gas permeability of OPA and its comparison with the artificial barrier (i.e. bentonite) were investigated in this study. The results show that OPA absorbed less water than granular bentonite material with equal suction. Compared with the other two similar materials (Boom clay and COx argillite), which were selected as natural engineering barriers for nuclear waste storage in Belgium and France, the suction behaviours of OPA are similar to those of COx argillite but notably different from those of Boom clay. The gas permeability tests show that OPA sample is quite sensitive to the changes in confining pressures but is less sensitive to applied gas pressures. Further, it is found that the OPA is more permeable than bentonite barrier after 10.5 years of hydration. Then, the OPA samples were artificially water-saturated. We find that the sealing ability can be recovered after long-time water saturation. However, when comparing with bentonite barrier, it is still a weak zone. This indicates that the EDZ should be paid more attention for the assessment the performance of the nuclear repository.     

THM Coupled Modeling in Near Field of an Assumed HLW Deep Geological Disposal Repository

One of the most suitable ways under study for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is isolation in deep geological repositories. It is very important to research the thermo-hydromechanical (THM) coupled processes associated with an HLW disposal repository. Non-linear coupled equations, which are used to describe the THM coupled process and are suited to saturated-unsaturated porous media, are presented in this paper. A numerical method to solve these equations is put forward, and a finite element code is developed. This code is suited to the plane strain or axis-symmetry problem. Then this code is used to simulate the THM coupled process in the near field of an ideal disposal repository. The temperature vs. time, hydraulic head vs. time and stress vs. time results show that, in this assumed condition, the impact of temperature is very long (over 10 000 a) and the impact of the water head is short (about 90 d). Since the stress is induced by temperature and hydraulic head in this condition, the impact time of stress is the same as that of temperature. The results show that THM coupled processes are very important in the safety analysis of an HLW deep geological disposal repository.     

Performance of Scrap Tire Shreds as a Potential Leachate Collection Medium

The use of scrap-tire-shreds as leachate collection layer in landfills would reduce the magnitude of the current tire disposal problem by converting a waste into a beneficial material. Laboratory studies were conducted to investigate scrap-tire-shreds as an attractive potential alternative to conventional gravel in the drainage layer of leachate collection system by comparative analysis of various physico-chemical parameters. Gravel and scrap-tire-shreds in combination were used as leachate collection layer. Laboratory Test Cells consisting of different combinations of scrap-tire-shreds (size range length = 25.4 mm to 76.1 mm and width = 5 mm) and gravel (size range 10 mm to 20 mm) beds as leachate collection layer with total bed thickness of 500 mm were constructed. Performance study of Test Cells- 1 to 7, having different combinations of scrap-tire-shreds and gravel bed thickness, were studied to work out the best combination. Combined beds of scrap-tire-shreds and gravel gave better results as compared to conventional gravel or scrap- tire- shreds bed when used singly. Test Cell -3 having scrap-tire-shreds layer (200 mm) and gravel layer (300 mm) gave the best results in terms of percentage reduction in various physico-chemical parameters of leachate. The reduction was as high as 68.8 and 79.6% in case of Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) values respectively. Further, three more laboratory Test Cells-8, 9 and 10 were constructed having scrap-tire-shreds and gravel layer ratio same as that of Test Cell- 3 (best combination) but having scrap-tire-shreds of different widths 10 mm, 15 mm and 20 mm to find out the most suitable size. Bed of smaller size scrap-tire-shreds (5 mm) gave better results in comparison to bigger sizes. Leachate sample after passing through combined beds of scrap-tire-shreds and gravel gave better results in percentage reduction in various physico-chemical parameters of leachate as compared to conventional gravel or scrap-tire-shreds bed when used singly.     

瑞典爱斯泼硬岩实验场地应力研究

爱斯泼 (A..sp o..)硬岩实验场 (HRL)是瑞典拟建的永久储放核废料的场地。实测地应力结果表明, 应力的大小和方位变化较为复杂。通过初步分析认为, 场地附近地应力的变化与断裂构造的发育有关。应用离散元方法, 分别选择平面模型和剖面模型模拟了应力场。模拟结果表明, 地应力的量值和方位在断裂附近均发生明显变化, 且与实测结果较吻合。主应力在断裂附近发生不同程度的偏转, 偏转的幅度与断裂走向和区域应力方向之间的夹角有关。应力的量值在断裂附近也有明显变化。在剖面模型中, 较缓倾角断裂模型的模拟结果最接近实测结果。文中还探讨了断裂带法向刚度和切向刚度的计算方法。     

The attenuation of chemical elements in acidic leachates from coal mineral wastes by soils

The chemical attenuation of acidity and selected elements (aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, fluorine, iron, manganese, nickel, and zinc) in acidic leachates from coal mineral wastes by four natural subsurface soils has been investigated using laboratory column methods Leachate solutions were allowed to percolate through the soils under simulated natural flow conditions, and the elemental concentrations in the influents and effluents were measured periodically Elemental retentions were substantial for all species except managanese, which was eluted in excess from all soils except the most calcareous Two processes appeared to operate in decreasing influent concentrations: (1) precipitation of solid phases caused by increased pH of the leachate as it percolated through the soil, and (2) adsorption of elements onto exchange and sorption sites naturally present in the soil and on iron and aluminum oxide precipitates formed in situ from leachate components because of the increased pH The soil property most important in retention was its alkalinity Thus, carbonaceous soils provide the best control material for acidic leachates from coal mineral wastes. Results show that natural soils can substantially reduce pollutant fluxes to the environment from acidic coal waste dumps and should be considered when selecting waste disposal sites Performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy     

A coupled non-isothermal reactive transport model for long-term geochemical evolution of a HLW repository in clay

A numerical model of coupled saturated/unsaturated water flow, heat transfer and multi-component reactive solute transport is presented to evaluate the long-term geochemical evolution in bentonite, concrete and clay formation for a potential geological radioactive waste repository. Changes in formation porosity caused by mineral dissolution/precipitation reactions are taken into account. Simulations were carried out with a general-purpose multicomponent reactive transport code, CORE^2D V4. Numerical results show that pH in the bentonite porewater can vary from neutral to up to 13 over a time scale of 1 Ma although dissolution of silica minerals and precipitation of secondary calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) minerals in bentonite buffer the effect of the hyperalkaline plume. Mineral precipitation reduces the volume of pore space in bentonite close to the bentonite–concrete interface due to the precipitation of CSH minerals. Model results indicate that bentonite porosity decreases less than 25%. The hyperalkaline plume from the concrete only extends to a distance of 0.7 m in the clay formation over the time range of 1 Ma.     

不同耦合情况下核废料处置库中缓冲层吸力与位移变化的分析与比较

在核废料安全处置分析中,非饱和膨润土常被作为缓冲材料,缓冲层膨润土中的吸力和位移变化是影响处置库性状的两个重要的物理参数。吸力直接影响膨润土的渗透性和力学性质;而位移变化则直接影响处置库设计的成败。本文以FEBEX原位试验数据为依据,应用有限元软件CODE-BRIGHT,分析缓冲层膨润土在热-水-力不同耦合形式下吸力和位移的变化规律,通过对不同耦合模式下吸力和位移的对比,分析影响吸力与位移变化的主要因素。结果可使我们进一步了解核废料处置库中缓冲层的性状,也可为核废料处置库设计计算时选用简单而有效的耦合模型提供参考。