Uncertainty analysis of partition coefficients in a radionuclide transport model

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2617-2626

  Carroll, Jolynn ^a   Harms, Ingo H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arctic; Marine systems; Nuclear waste; Numerical modeling; Oceanography; Partition coefficients; Radionuclides; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; SAMPLING;

PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

AMERICIUM; CESIUM; COBALT; EUROPIUM; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RUTHENIUM; STRONTIUM;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE FACILITY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; NUCLEAR WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033065945     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00114-1     Document Type: Article

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