90Sr migration to the geo-sphere from a waste burial in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 139-150

  Dewiere, L ^a   Bugai, D ^b   Grenier, C ^c   Kashparov, V ^d   Ahamdach, N ^a  

^a Inst Radiol Protect/Nucl Safety   (France)

^b National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^c DIF   (France)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Fuel particles; Groundwater; Hydro dispersion; Retardation; Sorption; Strontium 90

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

FLOW VELOCITY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CHLORINE 36; NUCLEAR FUEL; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; STRONTIUM;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRONTIUM;

AQUIFER; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTOPE TRACING; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PREDICTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SEDIMENT; VELOCITY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOLUBILITY; UKRAINE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SOLUBILITY; STRONTIUM; UKRAINE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 1842478425     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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