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Korean Nuclear Society (한국원자력학회)
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PRELIMINARY MODELING FOR SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN A FRACTURED ZONE AT THE KOREA UNDERGROUND RESEARCH TUNNEL (KURT)

  • Received : 2011.01.26
  • Accepted : 2011.06.08
  • Published : 2012.02.25
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Abstract

Migration tests were performed with conservative tracers in a fractured zone that had a single fracture of about 2.5 m distance at the KURT. To interpret the migration of the tracers in the fractured rock, a solute transport model was developed. A two dimensional variable aperture channel model was adopted to describe the fractured path and hydrology, and a particle tracking method was used for solute transport. The simulation tried not only to develop a migration model of solutes for open flow environments but also to produce ideas for a better understanding of solute behaviours in indefinable fracture zones by comparing them to experimental results. The results of our simulations and experiments are described as elution and breakthrough curves, and are quantified by momentum analysis. The main retardation mechanism of nonsorbing tracers, including matrixdiffusion, was investigated.

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