Long-term performance of zeolite Na A-X blend as backfill material in near surface disposal vault

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 143-152

  Abdel Rahman, R O ^a   Ibrahim, H A ^a   Abdel Monem, N M ^b  

^a Atomic Energy Authority   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Backfill material; Mathematical models; Radioactive wastes; Synthetic zeolite

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL MATERIAL; BATCH SORPTIONS; CEMENTITIOUS WASTES; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COMPUTER MODELS; CONTROLLING MECHANISMS; CRUSHED ROCKS; DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; LABORATORY-SCALE; LONG-TERM BEHAVIORS; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; NEAR-SURFACE DISPOSALS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RATE MODELS; RELEASE RATES; SORPTION PROCESS; SYNTHETIC GROUNDWATERS; SYNTHETIC ZEOLITE; TRANSIENT BEHAVIORS;

BENTONITE; CESIUM; CESIUM ALLOYS; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMISORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLY ASH; GROUNDWATER; HOLMIUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; ZEOLITES;

SURFACES;

EID: 63349090414     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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