Neptunium solubility in the near-field environment of a proposed Yucca Mountain repository

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 932, Issue , 2006, Pages 991-998

  Sassani, David C ^a   Van Luik, Abraham ^b   Summerson, Jane ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLUBILITY;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PA); SOLUBILITY CONSTRAINTS; URANYL PHASES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY;

NEPTUNIUM;

EID: 33746033767     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-932-10.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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