Plutonium in groundwater at the 100K-Area of the U.S. DOE Hanford Site

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 167-189

  Dai, Minhan ^a,b   Buesseler, Ken O ^b   Pike, Steven M ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hanford Site; Isotopic composition; Plutonium; Redox speciation; Size fractionation

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CATCHMENTS; COLLOIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDATION; PLUTONIUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SEEPAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WELLS;

CROSS-FLOW ULTRAFILTRATION (CFF); GROUNDWATER REDOX POTENTIAL; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES (SRS); SIZE FRACTIONATION DATA;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NUCLEAR FUEL; PLUTONIUM;

COLLOID; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PLUTONIUM; REDOX POTENTIAL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COLLOIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASHINGTON; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15844418984     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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