Influence of earthquake on radon exhalation law at the beach of the uranium tailing reservoir under high temperature environment

In this paper, the influence of an earthquake on radon exhalation rate of uranium tailings reservoir beach under high temperature environment is studied by using a self-made integrated simulation test device for natural disasters, and a scale model test based on similarity and dimensional laws. The results show that, (1)When the peak acceleration reaches 0.6g, the radon exhalation rate increases sharply with the increase of peak acceleration, and tends to be gentle after 1.0g. (2)Under the action of high temperature, the radon exhalation rate increases rapidly with the increase of high temperature time, and gradually becomes flat after the 4th hour. (3)Compared with loading the earthquake condition only, the coupling effect of high temperatures and earthquakes causes a greater degree of damage to the beach surface of a uranium tailings reservoir under the same acceleration conditions, and the fissure rate and radon exhalation rate of the beach surface are substantially increased. •The high temperature and seismic environment are simulated by a self-made simulation test device.•The changes of radon exportation rate under high temperature or earthquake alone present three stages.•High-temperature seismic coupling conditions will cause the soil to lose its radon protection.