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A Natural Analogue Study of Radionuclide Migration in Clays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Ian G. Mckinley ,
Angus B. Mackenzie ,
Julia M. West  and
R. D. Scott
Ian G. Mckinley
Affiliation:
Eidg. Institut für Reaktorforschung, CH-5303 Würenlingen, Switzerland
Angus B. Mackenzie
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, G75 OQU, Scotland
Julia M. West
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, Harwell Laboratory, OX1l ORA, England
R. D. Scott
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, G75 OQU, Scotland
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Abstract

The use of sediment laid down in a Scottish loch during the Flandrian marine transgression as a source term for a “natural analogue” study of elemental migration in clays over a timescale of 103 − 104 y has been investigated. Depth profiles of over 20 elements have been measured which illustrate varying post depositional behaviour ranging from effectively total immobility to complete redistribution throughout the sediment profile. These results are contrasted with laboratory batch sorption data for a range of nuclides on samples of this sediment.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 851
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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