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The Role of Colloids in Nuclear Waste Disposal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

A. Avogadro  and
G.De Marsily
A. Avogadro
Affiliation:
Commission of European Communities, Joint Research Centre, 21020 ISPRA (Varese), ITALY
G.De Marsily
Affiliation:
Ecole des Mines de Paris, 35 rue Saint Honoré, 77305 Fontainebleau, France
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Abstract

Aspects of formation and characterization of a radioactive colloidal fraction released by the waste form or produced by association with microcolloids naturally existing in ground water or produced either by corrosion of container material or by degradation of backfill material are discussed. A filtration model has been developed in order to describe colloidal transport under field conditions. Comparison between data obtained with laboratory column experiments and theoretical evaluations is presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 495
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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