Evaluation of tritiated water diffusion through the Toarcian clayey formation of the Tournemire experimental site (France)

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Motellier, S ^a   Devol Brown, I ^b   Savoye, S ^b   Thoby, D ^a   Alberto, J C ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Argillite; Fracture; Through diffusion; Tournemire; Tritiated water

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEHYDRATION; FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

ARGILLITE; TOURNEMIRE; TRANSPORT PARAMETER; TRITIATED WATER;

DIFFUSION;

TRITIUM OXIDE;

CLAY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

ANISOTROPY; CLAY; DIFFUSION; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SATURATION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOARCIAN; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34948903296     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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