Reactive transport modeling of geochemical interactions at a concrete/argillite interface, Tournemire site (France)

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  De Windt, L ^a   Marsal, F ^b   Tinseau, E ^b   Pellegrini, D ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaline plume; Cement; Clay; Kinetics; Radioactive waste disposal; Reactive transport modeling

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DISSOLUTION; EXCITONS; EXPERIMENTS; FELDSPAR; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LAND FILL; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PHASE INTERFACES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMODYNAMICS; ZEOLITES;

ALKALINE PLUME; DIFFUSIVE TRANSFERS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; KINETIC CONTROLS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MINERAL PRECIPITATIONS; MINERALOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MODELING RESULTS; PRECIPITATION REACTIONS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; REACTIVE TRANSPORTS; SECONDARY MINERALS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUMS; TIME SCALES; VATERITE;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARGILLITE; BOREHOLE; CLAY; CONCRETE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; MODELING; PETROGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AVEYRON; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TOURNEMIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55949131444     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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