Radioactive waste isolation in salt: geochemistry of brine in rock salt in temperature gradients and gamma-radiation fields - a selective annotated bibliography

Level 4 Milestone (M4): M41UF033201 - Review of Radiolysis of Brines on the Surface of a Waste Package

“…They included 39 reactions, and noted that a dynamic equilibrium is established where the concentrations of the minor constituents of the brine (Cl, H, HO2 -, O2 -, HO2 and OH) are dictated by their reactions with the major constituents (H + , H2O2, H2 and O2) and by their production rates, and that oxidizing species generated via radiolysis can initiate and propagate cathodic corrosion at the surface of the waste overpack. Hull and Williams (1985) produced a selective annotated bibliography for the geochemistry of brine in rock salt and in temperature gradients and gamma radiation fields relevant to radioactive waste isolation in salt. The work is a good reference source for geochemical and radiolytic considerations in a salt repository.…”