Experimental and modelling investigations of the biogeochemistry of gas production from low and intermediate level radioactive waste

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1383-1418

  Small, Joe ^a   Nykyri, Mikko ^b   Helin, Mika ^c   Hovi, Ulla ^c   Sarlin, Tuija ^d   Itävaara, Merja ^d  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Safram Oy   (Finland)

^c Teollisuuden Voima Oyj   (Finland)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; PH EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES;

GAS PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REPOSITORY SYSTEMS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CELLULOSE; EXPERIMENT; GAS PRODUCTION; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODELING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LANSI SUOMEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; OLKILUOTO; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 43949132318     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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