Source-dependent and source-independent controls on plutonium oxidation state and colloid associations in groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1322-1328

  Buesseler, Ken O ^a   Kaplan, Daniel I ^b   Dai, Minhan ^c   Pike, Steven ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO CONTAMINANTS; DECADAL TIME SCALE; DYNAMIC SHIFTS; INDEPENDENT CONTROLS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; OXIDATION STATE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; SPATIAL SCALE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; TWO SOURCES; WEAPONS GRADES;

ACTINIDES; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; RADIOISOTOPES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

PLUTONIUM;

GROUND WATER; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIOISOTOPE;

COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; PH; PLUTONIUM; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMODYNAMICS; WEAPON;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COLLOIDS; FILTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLUTONIUM; SOIL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64349114478     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8028318     Document Type: Article

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