Pre-assessment of the speciation of 60Co, 125Sb, 137Cs and 241Am in a contaminated aquifer

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-46

  Caron, François ^a   Mankarios, George ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Americium 241; Antimony 125; Cesium 137; Cobalt 60; Contaminated groundwater; Separation; Solid phase extraction; SPE; Speciation; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; COBALT; COLLOIDS; CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; RADIOISOTOPES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

HYDROPHILIC FRACTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC FRACTIONS; MOBILE SPECIES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM);

AQUIFERS;

AMERICIUM 241; ANTIMONY 125; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); ULTRAFILTRATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 3543059332     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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