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Title: Geochemical factors affecting radionuclide transport through near and far fields at a Low-Level Waste Disposal Site

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/28418· OSTI ID:28418
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

The concentration of low-level waste (LLW) contaminants in groundwater is determined by the amount of contaminant present in the solid waste, rate of release from the waste and surrounding barriers, and a number of geochemical processes including adsorption, desorption, diffusion, precipitation, and dissolution. To accurately predict radionuclide transport through the subsurface, it is essential that the important geochemical processes affecting radionuclide transport be identified and, perhaps more importantly, accurately quantified and described in a mathematically defensible manner.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
28418
Report Number(s):
PNL-10379; ON: DE95008921; TRN: 95:008531
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Mar 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English