Fracture flow and radionuclide transport in block-scale laboratory experiments

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 92, Issue 9-11, 2004, Pages 775-779

  Holtta P ^a   Poteri, A ^b   Hakanen, M ^a   Hautojarvi A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c POSIVA OY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Block scale experiments; Crystalline rock; Flow field; Migration

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; NUCLEAR FUEL; RADIOISOTOPE; SODIUM 22; TECHNETIUM 99M;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; ELUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; WATER FLOW;

EID: 10344224063     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.92.9.775.55005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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