Reactive transport modeling of 90Sr sorption in reactive sandpacks

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 280, Issue , 2014, Pages 685-695

  Yin, Jun ^a,b   Jeen, Sung Wook ^c   Lee, David R ^d   Mayer, K Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dewatering well; Kinetic sorption; Reactive transport modeling; Strontium 90 (90Sr)

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KINETICS; RADIAL FLOW; REMEDIATION; SORPTION; VELOCITY; ZEOLITES;

DESIGN AND APPLICATION; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; KINETIC SORPTION; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; STRONTIUM-90;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CLINOPTILOLITE; GROUND WATER; STRONTIUM 90; STRONTIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

FLOW VELOCITY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; POREWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SIMULATION; SORPTION; STRONTIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANADA; DEWATERING; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; RIVER; SIMULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TABLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84908377840     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.07.073     Document Type: Article

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