Forty years of 90Sr in situ migration: Importance of soil characterization in modeling transport phenomena

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-226

  Fernandez, J M ^a,d   Piault, E ^a   Macouillard, D ^b   Juncos, C ^c  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b ENSIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

90Sr; Data acquisition; Experimental plot; Forty years of vertical migration; Numerical simulation; Unsaturated porous medium; Van Genuchten

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; IN SITU PROCESSING; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOLOGY; SOILS; STRONTIUM;

90SR; EXPERIMENTAL PLOT; FORTY YEARS OF VERTICAL MIGRATION; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIUM; VAN GENUCHTEN;

RADIOISOTOPES;

STRONTIUM 90; RAIN; STRONTIUM;

POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

VITACEAE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAIN; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 32544439059     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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