Effect of reducing groundwater on the retardation of redox-sensitive radionuclides

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hu, Q H ^a   Zavarin, M ^b   Rose, T P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; IODINE; OXIDATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REDOX CONDITIONS; REPOSITORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; SORPTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW;

NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149511214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14674866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-9-12     Document Type: Article

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