A reactive transport model of neptunium migration from the potential repository at Yucca Mountain

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 251-280

  Viswanathan, Hari S ^a   Robinson, Bruce A ^b   Valocchi, Albert J ^a   Triay, Ines R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Neptunium; Radioactive waste disposal; Unsaturated zone; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE-TRANSPORT MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEPTUNIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WASTE FACILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032144657     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00122-X     Document Type: Article

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