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Geraedts, K.; Maes, A.; Vancluysen, J.
Effects of humic substances on the migration of radionuclides: complexation and transport of actinides. Third technical progress report (Work period 01.99 - 12.99)2000
Effects of humic substances on the migration of radionuclides: complexation and transport of actinides. Third technical progress report (Work period 01.99 - 12.99)2000
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[en] Under oxidising conditions, Technetium-99 will exist as pertechnetate (TcO4-), a highly soluble species, which does not interact with minerals or sediments. However under reducing conditions and when suitable electron donors (eg. Fe(II)-containing minerals) are present, Tc(VII) will be reduced to Tc(IV). Depending on the total concentration, the reduced Tc(IV) will precipitate to TcO2.nH2O. When complexing agents are present, such as humic substances, the soluble Tc(IV) species can be associated with these humic substances and this process will result in an enhanced Tc solubility. The reduction of Tc(VII) to Tc(IV) was previously demonstrated to be catalysed by Fe2+ present in reducing surfaces. The association between reduced Tc and humic substances was investigated in presence of pyrite as the reducing surface, and was explained by a complexation reaction mechanism given by the following equation: Tc(IV)O2+ + HS <=> Tc(IV)O2+-HS. KHS-values of the order of 1018-1020 were obtained. In this contribution we further elaborate on the influence of the nature of the reducing surface, the nature of organic matter and the distribution of Tc between humic and fulvic acids, and on the correctness of the aforementioned complexation reaction mechanism, by changing parameters such as pH, amount of humic substances and initial Tc concentration. For this purpose mainly Fe3O4 was used to exclude eventual interferences from S originating from surfaces such as FeS2 and FeS. (orig.)
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Buckau, G. (ed.); Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH Technik und Umwelt (Germany). Inst. fuer Nukleare Entsorgungstechnik. Funding organisation: European Union (EU), Brussels (Belgium); 398 p; ISSN 0947-8620;
; Oct 2000; p. 211-238; Available from TIB Hannover: ZA 5141(6524)

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BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS, CHELATING AGENTS, CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS, EXPERIMENTAL DATA, FULVIC ACIDS, GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY, GORLEBEN SALT DOME, GROUND WATER, HUMIC ACIDS, IRON OXIDES, MICROORGANISMS, PRECIPITATION, QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, REDUCTION, SAND, SOLUBILITY, TECHNETIUM 99, VALENCE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CHALCOGENIDES, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, CHROMATOGRAPHY, DATA, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, INFORMATION, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, IRON COMPOUNDS, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, KINETICS, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, NUCLEI, NUMERICAL DATA, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, ORGANIC ACIDS, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, OXIDES, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTION KINETICS, SEPARATION PROCESSES, TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES, TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS, WATER, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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