Impact of colloidal transport on radionuclide migration in the natural environment

Radionuclide Behaviour in the Natural Environment: Science, Implications and Lessons for the Nuclear Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 384-410

  Kersting, A B ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide transport; Colloidal transport; Intrinsic colloids; Plutonium transport; Pseudocolloids; Radionuclide transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899099775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857097194.2.384     Document Type: Chapter

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