Comparison of solubility databases used for HLW performance assessment

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 335-350

  McKinley, Ian G ^a   Savage, David ^b,c  

^a NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Intera Information Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; BENTONITE; CURIUM; GROUND WATER; MINERAL; NEPTUNIUM; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLUTONIUM; PROTACTINIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; SELENIUM; TECHNETIUM; THORIUM; TIN; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SAND; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DATABASE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REPOSITORY; SOLUBILITY;

DATABASES; RADIOACTIVE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0029656351     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-7722(95)00057-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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