Publications 2004

BRADBURY M.H., BAEYENS B. (2004)
Project Opalinus Clay. Sorption data bases for Opalinus clay influenced by a high pH plume
PSI Bericht Nr. 04-07, Nagra NTB 03-12


BAEYENS B., BRADBURY M.H. (2004)
Cation exchange capacity measurements on illite using the sodium and cesium isotope dilution technique: effects of the index cation, electrolyte concentration and competition: modeling
Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 52, No. 4, 421-431

CHURAKOV S.V., IANNUZZI M., PARRINELLO M. (2004)
Ab-initio study of dehydroxylation carbonation reaction on brucite surface.
J. Phys. Chem. B 108(31) 11567 - 11574.

CHURAKOV S.V., WUNDER B. (2004)
Ab-initio calculations of the proton location in topaz-OH, Al2SiO4(OH)2. Phys.
Chem. Min. 31(3) 131 - 141.

DEGUELDRE C., FAVARGER P.-Y. (2004)
Thorium colloid analysis by single particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
Talanta 62, 1051-1054


DEGUELDRE C. FAVARGER P.-Y., BITEA C. (2004)
Zirconia colloid analysis by single particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
Analytica Chimica Acta 518, 137-142, doi:10.1016/j.aca.2004.04.015

FERNANDEZ A.M., BAEYENS B., BRADBURY M.H., RIVAS P. (2004)
Analysis of the porewater chemical composition of a spanish compacted bentonite used in an engineered barrier
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 29, 105-118

GAUTSCHI A., MARSCHALL P., SCHWYN B., BAEYENS B., BRADBURY M.H., GIMMI Th., MAZUREK M., VAN LOON L.R., WABER N., WERSIN P. (2004)
Geoscientific basis for making the safety case for a SF/HLW/ILW repository in Opalinus clay in NE Switzerland (Project Entsorgungsnachweis) - II: The geosphere as a transport barrier: hydraulic, diffusion and sorption properties.
NES/RWM/IGSC 8, 63-70

GAWELDA W., SAES M., KAISER M., TARNOVSKY A., JOHNSON S., GROLIMUND D., ABELA R., CHERGUI M., BRESSLER C. (2004)
Femtochemistry and Femtobiology: Ultrafast Events in Molecular Science
in Martin M.M. and Hynes J.T. (Eds.): Structural dynamics and electronic structure changes probed with lasers and X-rays, Elsevier, 353-355

GECKEIS H., SCHÄFER T., HAUSER W., RABUNG TH., MISSANA T., DEGUELDRE C., MÖRI A., EIKENBERG J., FIERZ TH., ALEXANDER W.R. (2004)
Results of the Colloid and Radionuclide Retention experiment (CRR) at the Grimsel
Test Site (GTS), Switzerland - Impact of Reaction Kinetics and Speciation on Radionuclide Migration. Radiochim. Acta 92, 765-774.

GIMMI T. (2004)
Verlagerung gelöster Stoffe durch den Boden ins Grundwasser. Schriftenreihe
Umwelt Nr. 349. Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft, Bern. 46 S. BUWAL, Bern, 2004, SRU-349-D.

GIMMI T., URSINO N. (2004)
Mapping material distribution in a heterogeneous sand tank by image analysis.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68, 1508 - 1514.

GIMMI T., WABER H.N. (2004)
Modelling of tracer profiles in pore water of argillaceous rocks in the Benken borehole: Stable water isotopes, chloride, and chlorine isotopes.
Nagra Technical Report NTB 04-05, Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland.
1 RWI, Institute of Geological Science, University of Bern, Switzerland

GLAUS M., BAEYENS B., LAUBER M., RABUNG Th., VAN LOON L. (2005)
Influence of water-extractable organic matter from Opalinus Clay on the sorption and speciation of Ni(II), Eu(III) and Th(IV)
Applied Geochemistry 20, 443-451


GLAUS M.A., VAN LOON L.R. (2004)
Cellulose degradation at alkaline conditions: Long-Term experiments at elevated temperatures
PSI Bericht Nr. 04-01, Nagra NTB 03-08


GLAUS M.A., VAN LOON L.R. (2004)
A generic procedure for the assessment of the effect of concrete admixtures on the retention behaviour of cement for radionuclides: concept and case studies
PSI Bericht Nr. 04-02, Nagra NTB 03-09


GLAUS M.A., BAEYENS B., LAUBER M., RABUNG T., VAN LOON (2004)
Influence of water-extractable organic matter from Opalinus Clay on the sorption and speciation of Ni(II), Eu(III) and Th(IV)
Appl. Geochem. 20, 443-451

GROLIMUND D., SENN M., TROTTMANN M., JANOUSCH M., BONHOURE I., SCHEIDEGGER A., MARCUS M. (2004)
Shedding new light on historical metal samples using micro-focused synchrotron X-ray fluorescence and spectroscopy
Spectrochimica Acta Part B 59, 1627-1635

HEER W. (2004)
Nuclide transport and diffusion for vein and fracture flow
PSI Bericht Nr. 04-05, Nagra NTB 04-03


HEINRICH W., CHURAKOV S.V., GOTTSCHALK M. (2004)
Mineral-fluid equilibria in the system CaO-MgO-SiO2-H2O-CO2-NaCl and the record of reactive fluid flow in contact metamorphic oreols.
Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 148(2), 131 - 149.

HUMMEL W. (2004)
The influence of cyanide complexation on the speciation and solubility of radionuclides in a geological repository
Environmental Geology, 45, 633-646 (2004)

JAKOB A. (2004)
Matrix diffusion for performance assessment - experimental evidence, modelling assumptions and open issues
PSI Bericht Nr. 04-08, Nagra NTB 04-07


KOSAKOWSKI G. (2004)
Anomalous transport of colloids and solutes in a shear zone
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 72, 23-46, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2003.10.005

KOSAKOWSKI G. (2004)
Time-dependent flow and transport calculations for project opalinus clay (Entsorgungsnachweis)
PSI Bericht Nr. 04-10, Nagra NTB 03-10


SAES M., BRESSLER C., Van MOURRIK F., GAWELDA W., KAISER A., CHERGUI M., GROLIMUND D., ABELA R., GLOVER E., HEIMANN P., SCHOENLEIN R., JOHNSON S., LINDENBERG A., FALCONE R. (2004)
A setup for ultrafast time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Review of Scientific Instruments 75, 24-30

SOPRO 2004
Int. Workshop on sorption processes at oxide and carbonate mineral water interfaces
Karlsruhe, March 25-26, 2004, Book of extended abstracts, (Lützenkirchen J., Stumpf T., Brendler V., Baeyens B., Grolimund D. eds.), Wiss. Berichte, FZKA 6986, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe

STRUIS R., LUDWIG C., LUTZ H., SCHEIDEGGER A.M. (2004)
Speciation of zinc in MSWI-fly ash after heat treatment: A Zn K-Edge EXAFS study
Environ. Sci. Technol. 38, 3760-3767

STUMPF T., TITS J., WALTHER C., WIELAND E., FANGHÄNEL T. (2004)
Uptake of trivalent actinides (curium (III) by hardened cement paste: a time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy study
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 276, 118-124, doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2004.03.014

TEVISSEN E., SOLER J., MONTARNAL P., GAUTSCHI A., VAN LOON L.R. (2004)
Comparison between in situ and laboratory diffusion studies of HTO and halides in Opalinus Clay from the Mont Terri
Radiochim. Acta, 92, 781-786

THOENEN T., BERNER U., CURTI E., HUMMEL W., PEARSON F.J. (2004)
Development and application of the Nagra/PSI chemical thermodynamic data base 01/01
In: Gieré, R. & Stille, P. (eds). Energy, Waste, and the Environment: a Geochemical Perspective. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 236, 561-577

URSINO N., GIMMI T. (2004)
Combined effect of heterogeneity, anisotropy and saturation on steady state flow and transport: structure recognition and numerical simulation
Water Resources Research, Vol. 40, W01514, doi:10.1029/2003WR002180

VAN LOON L.R., WERSIN P., SOLER J.M., EIKENBERG J., GIMMI Th., HERNAN P., DEWONCK S., SAVOYE S. (2004)
In-situ diffusion of HTO, 22Na+, Cs+ and I- in Opalinus clay at the Mont Terri underground rock laboratory
Radiochim. Acta 92, 757-763

VAN LOON L.R., SOLER J.M., MUELLER W., BRADBURY M.H. (2004)
Anisotropic Diffusion in layered argillaceous rocks: a case study with Opalinus clay
Environ. Sci. Technol. 38, 5721-5728

VAN LOON L.R., SOLER J.M. (2004)
Diffusion of HTO, 36CI-, 125I- and 22Na+ in Opalinus clay: Effect of confining pressure, sample orientation, sample depth and temperature
PSI Bericht Nr. 04-03, Nagra NTB 03-07


VAN LOON L.R., GLAUS M., VERCAMMEN K. (2004)
Stability of the ion pair between Ca2+ and 2-(Hydroxymethyl)-3-Deoxy-D-erythro-Pentonate (a-Isosaccharinate)
J. Sol. Chem. 33, 1573-1583

WERSIN P., CURTI E., APPELO C. (2004)
Modelling bentonite-water interactions at high solid/liquid ratios: swelling and diffuse double-layer effects
Applied Clay Science, 26, 249-257

WERSIN P., VAN LOON L.R., SOLER J., YLLERA A., EIKENBERG J., GIMMI Th., HERNAN P., BOISSON J.-Y. (2004)
Long-term diffusion experiment at Mont Terri: First results from field and Laboratory data.
Applied Clay science 26, 123-135

WIELAND E., TITS J., BRADBURY M.H. (2004)
The potential effect of cementitious colloids on radionuclide mobilisation in a repository for radioactive waste
Applied Geochemistry 19, 119-135