4. Conclusion
The level and the type of waste, the geochemistry of the clay and the role of climate, are important factors for controlling the geosphere medium of the studied area, as well as the selection of the site and method of burial of radioactive wastes. The kinetics of both metal ions was experimentally studied and the obtained rate data were analyzed using simple kinetic models. Results demonstrated that the pseudo second-order sorption mechanism is predominant and the over-all rate constant of each sorption process occurs to be controlled by chemical sorption process. The Cs+ and Sr2+ ions sorption data were described using Freundlich, Langmuir and Dubinin–Radushkevich (D–R) models. The sorption in both of them ions increased with increasing initial metal ions concentration and the amount of Cs+ ions sorbed onto clay is greater than that of Sr2+ ions, which it favored in the lower temperature of an aqueous solution. The maximum sorption capacity and the mean free energy of the studied ions have been determined. The sorption of each ion is an exothermic process. These results showed that natural materials an efficient ion exchange material for the behavior of cesium and strontium ions releasing on the surrounded geosphere of the disposal site.