Numerical Simulation on U(VI) in Uranium Tailing Impoundment Affected by Acid Rain

Shuang Long Ouyang; Shu Zhan Li; Shu Kui Zhou; Hua Li; Hai Hao Jiang; Wen Jing Deng

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.986-987.713

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Numerical Simulation on U(VI) in Uranium Tailing Impoundment Affected by Acid Rain

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As acid rain getting more and more serious, increasing attention is given to environmental effect assessment of uranium tailings under the condition of acid rain. In the paper, influence of acid rain to partitioning coefficient (Kd) of U(VI) in soil was studied, and migration of radionuclide uranium in soil was simulated by computer. The static experiment results showed that the Kd value of U(VI) in soil reaches minimum value when pH is 2.0. When 2.0<pH<3.5, the Kd showed a rising tendency;The Kd in soil reaches maximum value when pH is 3.5. And when 3.5<pH<8.0, the Kd showed a decreasing tendency. This paper has taken a large uranium tailings impoundment in South China as an example studied by VisualModflow. After setting up models of groundwater movement and radionuclide migration in the study area, migration tendency of radionuclide U(VI) was simulated and pollution of radionuclide to environment was predicted. The results of simulation show that the migration of uranium speed to be the slowest when pH = 2.0, and the figure to be the fastest when pH = 3.5. Furthermore, maximum speed is about 1.24 times of minimum speed.

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Shuang Long Ouyang*, Shu Zhan Li, Shu Kui Zhou, Hua Li, Hai Hao Jiang, Wen Jing Deng

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Nuclide Migration, Numerical Simulation, Partitioning Coefficient, Static Experiment, Uranium Tailings Impoundment

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