Filtration of silica particles from a low-pH cementitious grout

• Spent nuclear fuel is stored in rock depositories. Swelled bentonite around the stored capsules prevents eventual spread of radioactive material by ground water. The pH-value of the ground water in contact with bentonite shall be less than 11 not to affect the swelling capacity of the bentonite. Therefore cementitious grout with low pH-value is used to grout these depositories. There is a risk that pH-value of this grout can locally increase due to filtration at fracture constriction and influence pH-value of ground water. Chemical SEM EDAX-analysis indicates that there is no risk of increasing of PH-value in this grout.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Filtration

Low-pH cementitious grouts

Silica fume

Spent nuclear fuel

SEM-EDAX

Chemical analysis

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