Behaviour of uranium in hydroxyapatite-bearing permeable reactive barriers: Investigation using 237U as a radioindicator

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 326, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Simon, Franz Georg ^a   Biermann, Vera ^a   Segebade, Christian ^a   Hedrich, Martina ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydroxyapatite; Permeable reactive barriers; Radioindicator; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DEBONDING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROXYAPATITE; IMPURITIES; RATE CONSTANTS; REMEDIATION;

FIRST-ORDER KINETICS; RADIOINDICATOR; REACTIVE MATERIAL;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

GROUND WATER; HYDROXYAPATITE; URANIUM;

GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; REACTIVE BARRIER; REMEDIATION; URANIUM;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; HYDROLOGY; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 2442499143     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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