Characterization of saline groundwater at Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan by SEC-UV-ICP-MS: Speciation of uranium and iodine

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1570-1584

  Kozai, Naofumi ^a   Ohnuki, Toshihiko ^a   Iwatsuki, Teruki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Iodine; Saline groundwater; Silica; Size exclusion chromatography; Uranium

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; GROUNDWATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMNS; HOKKAIDO; HORONOBE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE GAS; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SILICA SPECIES; SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUE; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

SILICA;

GROUND WATER; IODINE; ION; METHANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URANIUM;

COLLOID; GROUNDWATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IODINE; ION; METHANE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SALINITY; SILICA; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HOKKAIDO; HORONOBE; JAPAN;

EID: 84873521939     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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