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Retardation of Radionuclides by Rock Units Along the Path to the Accessible Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

A. E. Ogard ,
K. Wolfsberg ,
W. R. Daniels ,
J. Kerrisk ,
R. S. Rundberg  and
K. W. Thomas
A. E. Ogard
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
K. Wolfsberg
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
W. R. Daniels
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
J. Kerrisk
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
R. S. Rundberg
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
K. W. Thomas
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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The most likely mechanism for release of radionuclides from a repository is transport in water from the repository to the accessible environment. The processes that can retard the movement of radionuclides in water are sorption, precipitation, and diffusion. These processes can occur anywhere along flow paths from the repository to the accessible environment.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 329
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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