Modelling large-scale laboratory HTO and strontium diffusion experiments in Mont Terri and Bure clay rocks

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 14-16, 2008, Pages 949-956

  Cormenzana, J L ^a   Garcia Gutierrez M ^a   Missana, T ^a   Alonso, Ú ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Callovo Oxfordian clay; Diffusion; Modelling; Opalinus clay; Radioactive waste; Real scale experiments

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BEDDING PLANES; CALLOVO-OXFORDIAN CLAY; CLAY FORMATIONS; CLAY MATERIALS; CLAY ROCKS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CYLINDER AXES; DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; DIFFUSION PROFILES; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; GRAPHICAL COMPARISONS; HOST ROCKS; LABORATORY DIFFUSIONS; LARGE-SCALE; MODELLING; OPALINUS CLAY; OPALINUS CLAYS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORTS; REAL-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY; DESIGN; DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 54549088790     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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