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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Disposal of Bituminized and Other Low- and Medium-Level Wastes: Waste Characterization and the Retention of Migrating Radionuclides by Steel Corrosion Products

Abstract

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To improve the accuracy of projected releases from radioactive waste disposal systems, the sorption characteristics of steel corrosion products were investigated with a special emphasis on competitive sorption between Sr and Na. The corrosion rate of steel exposed to various environments was studied qualitatively and, with some systems, quantitatively. Traditional and non-traditional adsorption/desorption experiments on steel corrosion products using 0.01-M NaCl and 0.001-M NaCl solutions with two different concentrations of Sr were performed including one system with slow flow. Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms were used to analyze the data and to characterize the ion exchange capacity of the sorbate.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Nuclear Engineering
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Biegalski, Kendra Mylene Foltz
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Landsberger, Sheldon

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9834654
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85936

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2026-07-22
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citation

Biegalski, Kendra Mylene Foltz. Disposal of Bituminized and Other Low- and Medium-Level Wastes: Waste Characterization and the Retention of Migrating Radionuclides by Steel Corrosion Products. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85936