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Comparative study of cesium adsorption on dioctahedral and trioctahedral smectites

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Bentonites which are characterized by good rheological, mineralogical and chemical stability is considered used as sealing barriers in multibarrier Slovak system of deep geological repository for high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. In Slovak Republic there are several significant deposits of bentonite, which are characterized by appropriate adsorption properties and meet the geotechnical requirements for this type of barriers. Study of adsorption properties of bentonites and other smectites is an essential step for developing the migration model long-lived corrosion and activation products, and fission products of uranium. Nuclear wastes contain the most important nuclear fission products, radioisotopes 134Cs and 137Cs. The present paper investigates and compares the cesium adsorption properties of Slovak and North America bentonites composed mainly of dioctahedral smectite montmorillonite (J, L, SAz-1 and STx-1) and trioctahedral smectites saponite (SapCa-2) and hectorite (SHCa-1).

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    M. Galamboš, M. Magula, M. Daňo, O. Rosskopfová & P. Rajec

  2. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2V4, Canada

    M. Osacký

  3. Department of Geology and Mineral Deposits, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15, Mlynská Dolina, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Galamboš, M., Magula, M., Daňo, M. et al. Comparative study of cesium adsorption on dioctahedral and trioctahedral smectites. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 293, 829–837 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-1741-y

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