Fuel particles in the Chernobyl cooling pond: current state and prediction for remediation options

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-332

  Bulgakov, A ^a   Konoplev, A ^a   Smith, J ^b   Laptev, G ^c   Voitsekhovich, O ^c  

^a Centre for Environmental Chemistry   (Russian Federation)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

90Sr; Chernobyl; Cooling pond; Dissolution; Fuel particles; Remediation

Indexed keywords

90SR; BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENTS; CONTROLLED REDUCTIONS; COOLING POND; DISSOLUTION RATES; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; FUEL PARTICLES; HIGH PH; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGENS; MOBILISATION; PRIPYAT; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SOIL AND SEDIMENTS; STABILISATION; SURFACE WATER LEVELS; TERRESTRIAL SOILS; WATER PUMPING;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COOLING; COOLING WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FUEL GAGES; FUELS; LAKES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; POLLUTION; PONDING; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER LEVELS;

DISSOLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PH; POND; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SURFACE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

EID: 61649093977     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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