Sorption of radionuclides to a cementitious backfill material under near-field conditions

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3401-3410

  Felipe Sotelo, M ^a   Hinchliff, J ^a   Evans, N ^a   Warwick, P ^a   Read, D ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europium; Geological disposal; Radioactive waste; Sorption; Thorium; Uranium; Uranyl; Vault backfill

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DEGRADATION; CEMENTITIOUS BACKFILL MATERIALS; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; NEAR-FIELD; ORGANIC LIGANDS; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; URANYL; VAULT BACKFILL;

CEMENTS; CESIUM; DEGRADATION; EUROPIUM; NICKEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; THORIUM; URANIUM;

SORPTION;

BACKFILL; CELLULOSE; CEMENT; CESIUM; DEGRADATION; EUROPIUM; IODINE; NICKEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; SORPTION; THORIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84875730909     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2012.076.8.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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