Plutonium partitioning to colloidal and particulate matter in an acidic, sandy sediment: Implications for remediation alternatives and plutonium migration

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2295-2300

  Loyland Asbury, S M ^a,b   Lamont, S P ^a   Clark, S B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; EXTRACTION; ISOTOPES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS;

SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

PLUTONIUM;

CARBON; FRESH WATER; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; URANIUM;

PARTITIONING; PLUTONIUM; REMEDIATION; SAND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FILTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SAND; SEDIMENT; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0035356233     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es001697r     Document Type: Article

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