Evaluation of a radioiodine plume increasing in concentration at the Savannah river site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 489-495

  Kaplan, Daniel I ^a   Roberts, Kimberly A ^a   Schwehr, Kathy A ^b   Lilley, Michael S ^c   Brinkmeyer, Robin ^b   Denham, Miles E ^a   Diprete, David ^a   Li, Hsiu Ping ^b   Powell, Brian A ^c   Xu, Chen ^b   Yeager, Chris M ^a   Zhang, Saijin ^b   Santschi, Peter H ^b  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN SEDIMENTS; COMPLEX SITES; DESORPTION STUDY; FIRST-ORDER; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; IN-SITU; IODINE CONCENTRATION; IODINE SPECIATION; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW PERMEABILITY; RADIOIODINE; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; SOUTH CAROLINA; STUDY SITES;

DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); IODINE; RADIOLOGY; SLAGS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

GROUND WATER; IODATE; IODIDE; IODINE 129; LIMESTONE; ORGANOIODINE DERIVATIVE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

CAPPING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IODINE; LIMESTONE; PH; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SLAG; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; LABORATORY; PH; PLUME; RIVER; SLAG; UNITED STATES;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RIVERS; SOUTH CAROLINA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651380992     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103314n     Document Type: Article

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