Ion exchange between aqueous fluid and spent nuclear fuel alteration products: Implications for the mobility of Cs in the probable respository at Yucca Mountain

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 689-696

  Hoskin, P W O ^a   Burns, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Caesium; Compreignacite; Ion exchange; Nuclear fuel; USA; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; WATER;

OXIDATIVE CORROSION;

ION EXCHANGE;

CESIUM; COMPREIGNACITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ION EXCHANGE; NUCLEAR POWER; URANYL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141527288     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036740127     Document Type: Article

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