Modeling long-term plutonium transport in the Savannah River Site vadose zone

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 344-353

  Demirkanli, Deniz I ^a   Molz, Fred J ^a   Kaplan, Daniel I ^b   Fjeld, Robert A ^a   Serkiz, Steven M ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; LYSIMETER; OXIDATION; PLUTONIUM; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 34547913435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0042     Document Type: Article

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