Radiation-stability of smectite

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8407-8411

  Sorieul, Stéphanie ^a,e   Allard, Thierry ^b   Wang, Lumin M ^c   Grambin Lapeyre, Caroline ^d   Lian, Jie ^c   Calas, Georges ^b   Ewing, Rodney C ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^e CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; BELLS; CLAY MINERALS; FISSION PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SORPTION; ACTINIDES;

ALPHA DECAYS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BACKFILL MATERIALS; DEHYDROXYLATION; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INTENSE RADIATION FIELDS; INTERLAYER CATIONS; ION IRRADIATIONS; NUCLEAR WASTES; OVERPACK; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SMECTITE; SMECTITES; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; TOTAL RADIATION DOSES; WASTE PACKAGES; WATER RETENTIONS;

RADIATION; AMORPHIZATION;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACTINIDE; BACKFILL; CATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRRADIATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SMECTITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON RADIATION; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HYDROXYLATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOCHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; BENTONITE; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SILICATES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALPHA DECAY; ALPHA-DECAY EVENTS; BACKFILL MATERIAL; BELL-SHAPED CURVES; DEHYDROXYLATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; INTENSE RADIATION FIELD; INTERLAYER CATION; OVERPACK; RECOIL NUCLEI; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SHORT-LIVED FISSION PRODUCT; SMECTITES; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; TOTAL RADIATION DOSE; WASTE PACKAGE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 56449128549     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800766b     Document Type: Article

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