The geochemical environment of nuclear fuel waste disposal

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-409

  Gascoyne, M ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Shield; geochemistry; groundwater chemistry; nuclear waste disposal

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADIOISOTOPE;

CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION;

CRYSTALLINE BEDROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REDOX CONDITIONS;

EID: 0029667969     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-056     Document Type: Review

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