Soil migration and plant uptake of technetium from a fluctuating water table

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 155-171

  Ashworth, D J ^a   Shaw, G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

95mTc; 99Tc; Radioactive waste disposal; Redox potential; Tc(IV); Tc(VII); Technetium speciation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; OXIDATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SAND; SOILS;

PLANT UPTAKE; SOIL COLUMNS; SOIL MIGRATION;

TECHNETIUM;

CHLORINE 36; IODINE 129; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; WATER;

GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TECHNETIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PLANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANDY LOAM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

LOLIUM; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TECHNETIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 15744362755     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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