Radiation induced spent nuclear fuel dissolution under deep repository conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7087-7093

  Jonsson, Mats ^a   Nielsen, Fredrik ^a   Roth, Olivia ^a   Ekeroth, Ella ^a   Nilsson, Sara ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Mohsin ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOBLE METAL; NUCLEAR FUEL DISSOLUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOLYSIS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BICARBONATE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEAR FUEL; WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOLYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; FUEL; GROUNDWATER; OXIDATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SAFETY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISSOLUTION; OXIDATION; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOLYSIS; SWEDEN;

KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35348828672     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070832y     Document Type: Article

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