Table 3 Natural analogue information categorized as SL-1 (suitability level 1) based on the evaluation of suitability for the Korean safety case
System | Components/processes | Application method | Properties/phenomena |
|---|---|---|---|
EBS | Spent fuel | MV | Dissolution rate and processes of spent fuel |
MV | Radiolysis effect on dissolution of spent fuel | ||
DE | Criticality of spent fuel | ||
UI | Formation and alteration of uranium minerals | ||
Metal | ISP, MV, DE | Corrosion rate and corrosion products of copper | |
UI, DE | Durability and longevity of copper | ||
ISP | Pitting factor of copper | ||
MV, DE | Durability and longevity of iron | ||
MV, UI, DE | Corrosion rate of iron | ||
UI | Radionuclide retardation by corrosion products of iron | ||
Bentonite | UI | Colloid filtration by bentonite | |
DE | Hydraulic barrier of bentonite | ||
DE, UI | Interactions of bentonite with other materials | ||
DE | Durability and longevity of bentonite | ||
SD, UI | Alteration of bentonite | ||
UI | Thermal alteration of bentonite | ||
Concrete and cement | MV, UI | Interaction of cement with groundwater | |
UI | Interaction of cement with rocks | ||
DE | Durability and longevity of cement and concrete | ||
Host rock | Elemental solubility and speciation | MV | Calculation and measurement of solubility and speciation of RNs in groundwater |
Elemental retardation | UI | Radionuclide mobility in rocks | |
UI | Radionuclide migration and retardation through rock fracture | ||
UI | Fracture filling and coating materials | ||
UI | Interactions of RNs with minerals/oxides | ||
MV, SD | Migration model development and validation | ||
ISP, UI | Determination of distribution coefficient | ||
Matrix diffusion | ISP, MV, UI | Rock matrix diffusion depths | |
ISP, MV, UI | Rock matrix diffusion coefficients | ||
Radiolysis | UI | Effects of radiolysis in the groundwater | |
MV, UI | Gas generation rate by radiolysis | ||
Redox front | UI | Migration and retardation in the redox front | |
MV, UI | Migration of redox front | ||
Colloids | ISP, UI | Characteristics of aquatic colloids | |
ISP, UI | Radionuclide uptake by colloids | ||
ISP, UI | RN migration by colloids | ||
Microbial activity | UI | Characteristics of microbes | |
UI | Migration and retardation of RNs by microbes | ||
Gas generation and migration | UI | Gas migration and reactions with the geosphere | |
ISP, UI | Gas generation rate |