Modeling and risk assessment of a 30-year-old subsurface radioactive-liquid drain field

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2535-2545

  Dawson, Lon A ^a   Pohl, Phillip I ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM-137; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SORPTION COEFFICIENT; VADOSE ZONE;

CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; LIQUIDS; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EQUILIBRIUM SORPTION; FIELD CONCENTRATIONS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; RADIOACTIVE LIQUIDS; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030660321     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01700     Document Type: Article

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