Migration of transuranic elements in groundwater from the near-surface radioactive waste site

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1339-1347

  Levchuk, S ^a   Kashparov, V ^a   Maloshtan, I ^a   Yoschenko, V ^a   Van Meir, N ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ZONE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IN-SITU; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MAJOR IONS; MIGRATION MECHANISMS; MIGRATION PROCESS; NEAR-SURFACE; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; SAMPLING TIME; SANDY AQUIFERS; SIZE FRACTIONATION DATA; SPATIAL FEATURES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS; WASTE DUMPS;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM; ULTRAFILTRATION;

PLUTONIUM;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; FIELD SURVEY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; PIEZOMETER; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CHERNOBYL; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

EID: 84861697450     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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