Laboratory studies of the diffusive transport of 137Cs and 60Co through potential waste repository soils

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 723-729

  Itakura, Takashi ^a   Airey, David W ^b   Leo, Chin Jian ^c   Payne, Timothy ^a   McOrist, Gordon D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

137Cs; 60Co; Diffusion; Sorption

Indexed keywords

137CS; BATCH SORPTION; CO DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILTER PLATES; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MASS BALANCE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PH-DEPENDENT; POLYCARBONATE RESINS; POROUS STAINLESS STEEL; POTENTIAL WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; RECONSTITUTED SAMPLE; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TRANSIENT DATA;

CESIUM; DIFFUSION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; METADATA; POROUS PLATES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RESINS; SORPTION; STAINLESS STEEL; TESTING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

SOIL TESTING;

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; POLYCARBONATE; STAINLESS STEEL;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; COBALT ISOTOPE; DIFFUSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; REPOSITORY; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGY; PH; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954141852     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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