THEREDA (Thermodynamic Reference Database) is a collaborative project, which has been addressed this challenge. The partners are Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT-INE), Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit Braunschweig mbH (GRS), TU Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF) and AF-Consult Switzerland AG (Baden, Switzerland). The aim of the project is the establishment of a consistent and quality assured database for all safety relevant elements, temperature and pressure ranges, with its focus on saline systems. This implied the use of the Pitzer approach to compute activity coefficients suitable for such conditions. Data access is possible via commonly available internet browsers under the address http://www.thereda.de. One part of the project - the data collection and evaluation for uranium – was a task of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. The aquatic chemistry and thermodynamics of U(VI) and U(IV) is of great importance for geochemical modelling in repository-relevant systems. The OECD/NEA Thermochemical Database (NEA TDB) compilation is the major source for thermodynamic data of the aqueous and solid uranium species, even though this data selection does not utilize the Pitzer model for the ionic strength effect correction. As a result of the very stringent quality demands, the NEA TDB is rather restrictive and therefore incomplete for extensive modelling calculations of real systems. Therefore, the THEREDA compilation includes additional thermodynamic data of solid secondary phases formed in the waste material, the backfill and the host rock, though falling into quality assessment (QA) categories of lower accuracy. The data review process prefers log K values from solubility experiments (if available) to those calculated from thermochemical data.

THEREDA (Thermodynamic Reference Database) is a collaborative project, which has been addressed this challenge. The partners are Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT-INE), Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit Braunschweig mbH (GRS), TU Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF) and AF-Consult Switzerland AG (Baden, Switzerland). The aim of the project is the establishment of a consistent and quality assured database for all safety relevant elements, temperature and pressure ranges, with its focus on saline systems. This implied the use of the Pitzer approach to compute activity coefficients suitable for such conditions. Data access is possible via commonly available internet browsers under the address http://www.thereda.de. One part of the project - the data collection and evaluation for uranium – was a task of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. The aquatic chemistry and thermodynamics of U(VI) and U(IV) is of great importance for geochemical modelling in repository-relevant systems. The OECD/NEA Thermochemical Database (NEA TDB) compilation is the major source for thermodynamic data of the aqueous and solid uranium species, even though this data selection does not utilize the Pitzer model for the ionic strength effect correction. As a result of the very stringent quality demands, the NEA TDB is rather restrictive and therefore incomplete for extensive modelling calculations of real systems. Therefore, the THEREDA compilation includes additional thermodynamic data of solid secondary phases formed in the waste material, the backfill and the host rock, though falling into quality assessment (QA) categories of lower accuracy. The data review process prefers log K values from solubility experiments (if available) to those calculated from thermochemical data.

Das THEREDA-Journal ist die Zeitschrift zur „Thermodynamischen Referenz-Datenbasis“ (THEREDA). Die Datenbasis erlaubt in Verbindung mit geeigneten Programmen die Berechnung von Löslichkeiten und Mineralumwandlungen in wässrigen Elektrolytlösungen bis zu hohen Konzentrationen. Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit stehen geochemische Randbedingungen, wie sie für die Bewertung von Nah- und Fernfeldprozessen in verschiedenen Gesteinsformationen, welche als potenzielle Endlager für radioaktive Abfälle in der Diskussion stehen, relevant sind. THEREDA stellt derzeit für das Wirtsgestein Salz die weltweit einzige polytherme Datenbasis dar. Sie wird mit dem Stand von Wissenschaft und Technik kontinuierlich von etablierten Forschungsinstitutionen, welche auf dem Gebiet der Endlagerung von radioaktiven Abfällen bzw. den potenziellen Wirtsgesteinen arbeiten, weiterentwickelt. Das THEREDA-Journal beinhaltet Beiträge zu Datensituation und Datenbestand, Neuanpassungen, Weiterentwicklungen sowie auch Bewertungen zur Anwendbarkeit. Alle Beiträge durchlaufen einen Review-Prozess innerhalb des THEREDA-Verbundes. Auch Gastbeiträge externer THEREDA-Nutzer sind willkommen. Die Datenbasis ist frei zugänglich unter www.thereda.de.