Modeling plutonium solubility for Yucca Mountain performance assessment

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue 9-11, 2008, Pages 521-526

  Chen, Y ^a   Pearson, F J ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^b Ground Water Geochemistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological disposal; Model; Nuclear waste; Pu; Redox conditions; Solubility

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649091119     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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