Computational modelling of final covers for uranium mill tailings impoundments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 139-149

  Leoni, Guilherme Luís Menegassi ^a   Almeida, Márcio De Souza Soares ^a   Fernandes, Horst Monken ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Final covers; Geotechnical modelling; Soil remediation; Tailings impoundments; Uranium mill tailings

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; LAND FILL; RADIOLOGY; URANIUM;

GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; URANIUM MILL TAILINGS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

RADON; URANIUM;

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; MILLING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; URANIUM;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; LANDFILL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADON; SOIL; URANIUM;

EID: 2942606046     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2004.02.047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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