Contaminant migration at two low-level radioactive waste sites in arid western United states - A review

Environmental Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 112-123

  Wilshire, H G ^a   Friedman, Irving ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Ground water; Radioactive wastes; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFILTRATION;

LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE SITES; UNSATURATED ZONE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARID REGION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; VADOSE ZONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032963867     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050368     Document Type: Article

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