Uranium release from different size fractions of sediments in Hanford 300 area, Washington, USA

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-94

  Du, Jiangkun ^a,b   Bao, Jianguo ^a,b   Hu, Qinhong ^b   Ewing, Robert P ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labile; Release; Size fraction; Stirred flow cell; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CELL TEST; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELUTION EXPERIMENTS; ELUTION VOLUMES; EXTRACTANTS; HANFORD; LABILE; LOG-LOG PLOTS; LOWER BOUNDS; MASS FRACTION; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP; RELEASE; SIZE FRACTION; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; WASHINGTON , USA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GRAVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

URANIUM;

URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAVEL; POWER LAW; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELUTION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; STIRRED FLOW CELL TEST; UNITED STATES;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RADIATION MONITORING; UNITED STATES; URANIUM; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84857456003     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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