Modelling the long term alteration of the engineered bentonite barrier in an underground radioactive waste repository

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 82-90

  Marty, Nicolas C M ^a,b,c,d   Fritz, Bertrand ^b,c   Clément, Alain ^b,c   Michau, Nicolas ^d  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Coupled transport reaction modeling; Diffusion; Engineered barrier; KIRMAT; MX 80 bentonite; Porosity

Indexed keywords

COUPLED TRANSPORT; COUPLED TRANSPORT REACTION MODELING; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; KIRMAT; MX-80 BENTONITE;

BACKSCATTERING; BENTONITE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; CLAY PRODUCTS; CORROSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; IRON ORES; LAND FILL; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDE MINERALS; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SIMULATORS; SPENT FUELS; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZEOLITES;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BENTONITE; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSPORT; MONTMORILLONITE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY;

EID: 72649092923     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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