Mineral formation during simulated leaks of Hanford waste tanks

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1392-1409

  Deng, Youjun ^a   Harsh, James B ^a   Flury, Markus ^a   Young, James S ^b   Boyle, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROLYTES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER TANKS;

CANCRINITE; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; MINERAL FORMATION; SODALITE;

WASTEWATER;

LEAKAGE; MINERALIZATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33746340593     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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