Modelling the physico-chemical speciation of plutonium in the eastern Irish Sea: a further development
A numerical full three-dimensional model previously developed to simulate the physico-chemical speciation of plutonium in the eastern Irish Sea has been improved. The model solves simultaneously the hydrodynamic equations, the suspended matter equation and the equations that give the time evolution...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2002 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/132058 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/132058 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0265-931X(01)00168-0 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Plutonium Irish Sea Modelling Sediments Kinetic coefficients Speciation |
| Sumario: | A numerical full three-dimensional model previously developed to simulate the physico-chemical speciation of plutonium in the eastern Irish Sea has been improved. The model solves simultaneously the hydrodynamic equations, the suspended matter equation and the equations that give the time evolution of Pu concentrations in water, suspended matter and bottom sediments. It is considered that Pu may exist in each phase in two different oxidation states. Redox reactions are also considered. In the earlier version of the model, a one-step kinetic model was used to describe the transfers of radionuclides between the dissolved and solid phases. Although with this kind of model the contamination of the sediments can be properly simulated, it is clearly not able to describe the re-dissolution of radionuclides from a contaminated sediment once the external source to the sea is reduced. Thus, the model has been improved by substituting the one-step model with a two-step kinetic model consisting of two consecutive reversible reactions. Now it is possible to simulate both the sediment contamination and the re-dissolution processes. |
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