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Transport of Neptunium Through Yucca Mountain Tuffs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1992

I. R. Triay ,
B. A. Robinson ,
A. J. Mitchell ,
C. M. Overly  and
R. M. Lopez
I. R. Triay
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
B. A. Robinson
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
A. J. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
C. M. Overly
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
R. M. Lopez
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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Neptunium has a high solubility in groundwaters from Yucca Mountain [1]. Uranium in nuclear reactors produces 237Np which has a half-life of 2.14 × 106 years. Consequently, the transport of 237Np through tuffs is of major importance in assessing the performance of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. The objective of this work is to determine the amount of Np retardation that is provided by the minerals in Yucca Mountain tuffs as a function of groundwater chemistry.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 294: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVI , 1992 , 797
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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