Colloids in the mortar backfill of a cementitious repository for radioactive waste

Waste Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 511-523

  Wieland, E ^a   Spieler, P ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CEMENTS; COLLOIDS; MORTAR; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ENGINEERED BARRIER SYSTEMS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CALCIUM; CEMENT; GROUND WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; WATER;

BACKFILL; CEMENT; COLLOID; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACKFILL; COLLOID; MORTAR; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; IONIC STRENGTH; MIGRATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STANDARD; WATER PERMEABILITY;

COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0035019843     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(00)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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