Retention of Cs in Boom Clay: Comparison of data from batch sorption tests and diffusion experiments on intact clay cores

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Maes, N ^a   Salah, S ^a   Jacques, D ^a   Aertsens, M ^a   Van Gompel, M ^a   De Canniere P ^a   Velitchkova, N ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Boom Clay; Cesium; Clay; Diffusion; Retention; Sorption

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; EARTH SCIENCES; EXPERIMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ION EXCHANGE; MODAL ANALYSIS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORPTION; SPENT FUELS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; BATCH SORPTIONS; BOOM CLAY; BOOM CLAYS; CATION EXCHANGES; CLAY CORES; CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGIES; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; DISPERSED SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS; PORE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; RETARDATION FACTORS; RETENTION; RETENTION DATUMS; SORPTION MODELS; SORPTION SITES; TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS;

CLAY MINERALS;

BOOM CLAY; CESIUM; DIFFUSION; ION EXCHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RETENTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORPTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 55949085128     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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