Large-scale laboratory diffusion experiments in clay rocks

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 10-14, 2006, Pages 523-530

  Garcia Gutierrez M ^a   Cormenzana, J L ^b   Missana, T ^a   Mingarro, M ^a   Martin P L ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b Empresarios Agrupados   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Opalinus clay; Radioactive waste; Radionuclide migration; Real scale experiments

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; PERFORMANCE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES;

CONSOLIDATED CLAY; OPALINUS CLAY;

CLAY;

CLAY; DIFFUSION; HOST ROCK; LABORATORY METHOD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

EID: 33746325149     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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