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Gamma Radiolysis Effects on Grande Ronde Basalt Groundwater

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

W.J. Gray
W.J. Gray*
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P. O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352
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Abstract

Gamma radiolysis of reference Grande Ronde Basalt groundwater containing 700 mg/L methane produces a milky liquid that is a suspension of fine particles of organic polymers similar to polyethylene. The amount and nature of these polymers does not vary much over the range of conditions tested. Differences in the radiolytic products that are formed may occur when host rock and engineered-barrier materials are present. This possibility is currently being investigated as is the potential for interactions between radionuclides and the products of radiolysis.

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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 , 147
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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