A containment and disposition strategy for tritium-contaminated groundwater at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, United States

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-28

  Hitchcock, Daniel R ^a   Barton, Christopher D ^b   Rebel, Karin T ^c   Singer, Julian ^d   Seaman, John C ^d   Strawbridge, J Dan ^e   Riha, Susan J ^c   Blake, John I ^e  

^a Center for Forested Wetlands Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; TRITIUM;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LIQUIDAMBAR; QUERCUS; QUERCUS IMBRICARIA; TRITIUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 17044362393     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.04120404020     Document Type: Article

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