Annual Report 2015 / Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal. (KIT Scientific Reports ; 7725)

The contributions collected in this report provide a representative overview of the scientific outcome of INE research activities in 2015. The structure of the report follows widely the organization of the institute according to research topics: basic research towards understanding geochemical reactions of radionuclides on a molecular scale and applied studies on radionuclide retention in multi-barrier system under real repository conditions.

[1]  Can a macroscopic modeling approach properly describe transport in porous media during mineral precipitation induced clogging , 2015 .

[2]  B. Schimmelpfennig,et al.  Structure and separation quality of various N- and O-donor ligands from quantum-chemical calculations , 2015 .

[3]  Thomas Kohl,et al.  Review of the Hydraulic Development in the Multi-Reservoir / Multi-Well EGS Project of Soultz-sous-Forêts , 2015 .

[4]  A. Roßberg,et al.  An EXAFS spectroscopic study of Am(III) complexation with lactate. , 2015, Journal of synchrotron radiation.

[5]  A. Geist,et al.  Process Development and Laboratory-Scale Demonstration of a Regular-SANEX Process Using C5-BPP (2,6-Bis(5-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine) , 2015 .

[6]  A. Geist,et al.  Efficient masking of corrosion and fission products such as Ni(II) and Pd(II) in the presence of the minor actinide Am(III) using hydrophilic anionic or cationic bis-triazines. , 2015, Chemical communications.

[7]  M. Fichtner,et al.  Fluorescence X-ray Absorption Study of ScCl3-Doped Sodium Alanate , 2015 .

[8]  M. Miguirditchian,et al.  Minor actinide separations in the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuels: recent advances in Europe , 2015 .

[9]  P. Eng,et al.  Structure-charge relationship - the case of hematite (001). , 2015, Faraday discussions.

[10]  A. Geist,et al.  A Complexation Study of 2,6-Bis(1-(p-tolyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine Using Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction and TRLFS. , 2015, Inorganic chemistry.

[11]  A. Deriu,et al.  High energy resolution X-ray spectroscopy , 1979 .

[12]  H. Geckeis,et al.  Sorption of Cm(III) and Eu(III) onto clay minerals under saline conditions: Batch adsorption, laser-fluorescence spectroscopy and modeling , 2015 .

[13]  P. Panak,et al.  Complex formation of Cm(III) with formate studied by time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy , 2015 .

[14]  V. Nazmov,et al.  Mass loss by SU-8 polymer under X-ray irradiation , 2015 .

[15]  P. K. Gyekye,et al.  OPTIMISATION OF SCATTER RADIATION TO STAFF DURING CT-FLUOROSCOPY: MONTE CARLO STUDIES. , 2016, Radiation protection dosimetry.

[16]  D. Reed,et al.  Interaction of Nd(III) and Cm(III) with borate in dilute to concentrated alkaline NaCl, MgCl2 and CaCl2 solutions: solubility and TRLFS studies , 2015 .

[17]  A. Vinsot,et al.  The influence of natural trace element distribution on the mobility of radionuclides. The exemple of nickel in a clay-rock , 2015 .

[18]  D. Serrano‐Purroy,et al.  Dissolution experiments of commercial PWR (52 MWd/kgU) and BWR (53 MWd/kgU) spent nuclear fuel cladded segments in bicarbonate water under oxidizing conditions. Experimental determination of matrix and instant release fraction , 2015 .

[19]  T. Fanghänel,et al.  Macroscopic and spectroscopic investigations on Eu(III) and Cm(III) sorption onto bayerite (β-Al(OH)3) and corundum (α-Al2O3). , 2016, Journal of colloid and interface science.

[20]  R. Golser,et al.  Accelerator Mass Spectrometry of Actinides in Ground- and Seawater: An Innovative Method Allowing for the Simultaneous Analysis of U, Np, Pu, Am, and Cm Isotopes below ppq Levels. , 2015, Analytical chemistry.

[21]  V. Montoya,et al.  Study of the release of the fission gases (Xe and Kr) and the fision products (Cs and I) under anoxic conditions in bicarbonate water , 2015 .

[22]  S. Haderlein,et al.  Treatment of multi-dentate surface complexes and diffuse layer implementation in various speciation codes , 2015, Applied Geochemistry.

[23]  A. Hampel,et al.  Joint project III on the comparison of constitutive models for the thermo-mechanical behavior of rock salt. I. Overview and results from model calculations of healing of rock salt , 2015 .

[24]  S. Mangold,et al.  The CAT-ACT Beamline at ANKA: A new high energy X-ray spectroscopy facility for CATalysis and ACTinide research , 2016 .

[25]  M. Willinger,et al.  An Experimental and Theoretical Approach to Understanding the Surface Properties of One-Dimensional TiO2 Nanomaterials , 2015 .

[26]  W. Kutschera,et al.  New limit of $^{244}$Pu on Earth points to rarity of actinide nucleosynthesis , 2015, 1509.08054.

[27]  K. Norrfors,et al.  Montmorillonite colloids: I. Characterization and stability of dispersions with different size fractions , 2015 .

[28]  P. Weidler,et al.  Hydration of Febex Bentonite as Observed by Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM) , 2016 .

[29]  J. Rehr,et al.  Polarization dependent high energy resolution X-ray absorption study of dicesium uranyl tetrachloride. , 2015, Inorganic chemistry.

[30]  K. Neeb.  The Radiochemistry of Nuclear Power Plants with Light Water Reactors , 1997 .

[31]  W. Walker.  The back‐end of the nuclear fuel‐cycle , 1992 .

[32]  E. Schill,et al.  Use of Gravity Post-Processing and Accurate 3D Forward Modeling to Identify and Characterize Geothermal Target , 2015 .

[33]  R. Hübner,et al.  Adsorption of zinc by biogenic elemental selenium nanoparticles , 2015 .

[34]  V. Montoya,et al.  Sensitive redox speciation of iron, neptunium, and plutonium by capillary electrophoresis hyphenated to inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry. , 2015, Analytical chemistry.

[35]  INDIVIDUAL DOSIMETRY IN DISPOSAL REPOSITORY OF HEAT-GENERATING NUCLEAR WASTE. , 2016, Radiation protection dosimetry.

[36]  B. Lothenbach,et al.  Identification of the Thermodynamically Stable Fe‐Containing Phase in Aged Cement Pastes , 2015 .

[37]  Florian Huber,et al.  Modelling of Tc migration in an un-oxidized fractured drill core from Äspö, Sweden , 2015 .

[38]  P. Hoess,et al.  Radionuclide desorption kinetics on synthetic Zn/Ni-labeled montmorillonite nanoparticles , 2015 .

[39]  Martin Breunig,et al.  Temporal and Spatial Database Support for Geothermal Sub-surface Applications , 2017 .

[40]  Andreas C Scheinost,et al.  Redox chemistry of Tc(VII)/Tc(IV) in dilute to concentrated NaCl and MgCl2 solutions , 2015 .

[41]  R. Dohrmann,et al.  Filling the Gaps – From Microscopic Pore Structures to Transport Properties in Shales , 2015 .

[42]  Kerstin Länge,et al.  Polysiloxane layers created by sol-gel and photochemistry: ideal surfaces for rapid, low-cost and high-strength bonding of epoxy components to polydimethylsiloxane. , 2015, Lab on a chip.

[43]  A. Geist,et al.  TRLFS study on the complexation of Cm(III) and Eu(III) with SO3-Ph-BTBP. , 2015, Dalton transactions.

[44]  O. Shibata,et al.  Thermodynamic Model of Charging the Gas/Water Interface , 2015 .

[45]  K. Dardenne,et al.  Solubility and spectroscopic study of AnIII/LnIII in dilute to concentrated Na–Mg–Ca–Cl–NO3 solutions , 2015 .

[46]  Giuseppe Modolo,et al.  The German P&T study: Results and conclusions in the view of the contributing Helmholtz Research Centres , 2015 .

[47]  H. Ohshima.  Chapter 3 - Diffuse double layer equations for use in surface complexation models: Approximations and limits , 2006 .

[48]  M. Schlegel,et al.  Structural iron in dioctahedral and trioctahedral smectites: a polarized XAS study , 2015, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals.

[49]  P. Calcagno,et al.  Estimating deep temperatures in the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal area (France) from magnetotelluric data , 2015 .

[50]  O. Walter,et al.  ‘Lanthanide contraction’ in [Ln(BTP)3](CF3SO3)3 complexes , 2015, Structural Chemistry.

[51]  C. Fairhurst,et al.  Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement: an introduction , 2014 .

[52]  A. Roßberg,et al.  The pH dependence of Am(III) complexation with acetate: an EXAFS study. , 2015, Journal of synchrotron radiation.

[53]  M. Maiwald,et al.  The complexation of Cm(III) with oxalate in aqueous solution at T = 20-90 °C: a combined TRLFS and quantum chemical study. , 2015, Inorganic chemistry.

[54]  D. Morata,et al.  Geological and Tectonic Settings Preventing High-Temperature Geothermal Reservoir Development at Mt. Villarrica (Southern Volcanic Zone): Clay Mineralogy and Sulfate-Isotope Geothermometry , 2015 .

[55]  J. Lloyd,et al.  Neptunium and manganese biocycling in nuclear legacy sediment systems , 2015 .

[56]  T. Baumbach,et al.  A portable ultrahigh-vacuum system for advanced synchrotron radiation studies of thin films and nanostructures: EuSi2 nano-islands. , 2015, Journal of synchrotron radiation.

[57]  Vinzenz Brendler,et al.  Disposal of nuclear waste in host rock formations featuring high-saline solutions - Implementation of a thermodynamic reference database (THEREDA) , 2015 .

[58]  G. H. Shaw.  Disposal of high-level nuclear waste , 1986 .

[59]  É.,et al.  Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy , 2006 .

[60]  J. Kratz,et al.  Modeling plutonium sorption to kaolinite: Accounting for redox equilibria and the stability of surface species , 2015 .

[61]  P. Kaden,et al.  Neptunyl(VI) centred visible LMCT emission directly observable in the presence of uranyl(VI). , 2015, Chemical communications.

[62]  D. Schild,et al.  Neptunium redox speciation at the illite surface , 2015 .

[63]  J. Minier,et al.  A refined algorithm to simulate latex colloid agglomeration at high ionic strength , 2016, Adsorption.

[64]  A. Geist,et al.  Laboratory-Scale Counter-Current Centrifugal Contactor Demonstration of an Innovative-SANEX Process Using a Water Soluble BTP , 2015 .