Geochemical influence of waste trench no. 22T at Chernobyl Pilot Site at the aquifer: Long-term trends, governing processes, and implications for radionuclide migration

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1320-1338

  Bugai, D ^a   Tkachenko, E ^a   Van Meir, N ^b   Simonucci, C ^b   Martin Garin, A ^b   Roux, C ^b,c   Le Gal La Salle, C ^c   Kubko, Yu ^a  

^a Department of stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Cenozoic deposits   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c CC 051 Pl E Bataillon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC PH VALUES; AQUIFER CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL PLUMES; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL MONITORING; HIGH-CONTENT; HUMIFICATION; LONG-TERM TREND; NUTRIENT ELEMENTS; PINE FOREST; QUALITY CHANGE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; STUDY SITES; TOP-SOIL LAYER; WASTE DUMPS; ZONE OF INFLUENCES;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MONITORING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; TRENCH; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFERS; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUND WATER; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL; WATER QUALITY;

UKRAINE;

EID: 84861681395     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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