pH Neutralization and Zonation in Alkaline-Saline Tank Waste Plumes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1321-1329

  Wan, Jiamin ^a   Larsen, Joern T ^a   Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^a   Zheng, Zuoping ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPURITIES; ION EXCHANGE; PH; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PLUMES;

PH NEUTRALIZATION; WASTE SOLUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; SILICATE; TALC;

NEUTRALIZATION; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

NEUTRALIZATION; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; ZONATION;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; PH; PLUME; PRECIPITATION; SALINITY; TANK; WASTE; ZONATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 1442276503     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es034855y     Document Type: Article

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