Abstract
The bentonite is compacted around the steel canister containing high-level waste to ensure the sealing of the canister by blocking the entry of harmful radiations emitted due to the reactions of active radionuclides. However, the canister continuously exhibits a high temperature (150 °C–200 °C) due to radioactive waste decay over a long time, which creates a thermal history on the surrounded compacted bentonite. Corrosion can generate changes in the bentonite buffer, which comes in direct contact with the canister and may lead to a change in its swelling ability. This study investigates the influence of corrosion products on the swell pressure of compacted bentonite specimens subjected to thermal history. Two Bentonite samples (B1 and B2) from the Barmer district of Rajasthan, India, were mixed with corrosion products and compacted at dry densities 1.5 Mg/m3, 1.75 Mg/m3 and 2.0 Mg/m3. These specimens were subjected to thermal histories at 110 °C and 200 °C and saturated with distilled water. The decrease in the swell pressure values was observed with the corrosion product and the increase in temperature of induced thermal history—comparatively, more time required for saturation in the presence of corrosion products than in its absence. The alteration in montmorillonite minerals might have occurred under the induced thermal history and corrosion reaction.
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