The role of physical processes controlling the behaviour of radionuclide contaminants in the aquatic environment: A review of state-of-the-art modelling approaches

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 779-784

  Monte, Luigi ^a   Periañez, Raul ^b   Boyer, Patrick ^c   Smith, Jim T ^d   Brittain, John E ^e  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c IRSN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Model; Parameter values; Radionuclide dispersion; Radionuclide migration; Radionuclide re suspension and settling

Indexed keywords

MODELS; MUTAGENESIS; RADIOACTIVITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PARAMETER VALUES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RE-SUSPENSION; STATE OF THE ART; WATER CURRENTS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 70349271259     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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