REE mobility in groundwater proximate to the natural fission reactor at Bangombé (Gabon)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 289-304

  Stille, P ^a   Gauthier Lafaye, F ^a   Jensen, K A ^b   Salah, S ^a   Bracke, G ^c   Ewing, R C ^b   Louvat, D ^d   Million, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Long term Safety Assessment   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Fissiogenic REE; Groundwater; Nuclear reactor; Sm Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

BANGOMBE; GABON;

EID: 0037513315     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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