Distribution and retention of 137Cs in sediments at the Hanford Site, Washington

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 3433-3441

  Mckinley, James P ^a   Zeissler, Cynthia J ^b   Zachara, John M ^a   Jeffrey Serne, R ^a   Lindstrom, Richard M ^b   Schaef, Herbert T ^a   Orr, Robert D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CESIUM; CLAY; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; MICA; SEDIMENTS;

SINGLE-SHELL STORAGE TANKS (SSTS);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; BUFFER; CESIUM 137; DITHIONITE; MICA; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; CESIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; KAOLIN; SILICATE;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; LEAKAGE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORAGE TANK;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; LEACHING; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

MICA;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; KAOLIN; SILICATES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0035437864     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0018116     Document Type: Article

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