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Title: Coupled Geochemical and Hydrological Processes Governing the Fate and Transport of Radionuclides and Toxic Metals Beneath the Hanford Tank Farms

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/838818· OSTI ID:838818

Provide an improved understanding of how preferential vertical and lateral flow, and the formation of immobile water influence the transport of radionuclides and toxic metals in heterogeneous, laminated sediments. Quantify the rates and mechanisms of radionuclide and toxic metal interaction with the solid phase under various hydrologic conditions. Provide new insights into how physical and mineralogical heterogeneities (e.g. stratification, pore regime connectivity, mineral composition along flowpaths) influence contaminant retardation and the degree of geochemical nonequilibrium during transport.

Research Organization:
Stanford University, Stanford, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-02ER63516
OSTI ID:
838818
Report Number(s):
EMSP-86911-2003; R&D Project: EMSP 86911; TRN: US200508%%516
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 18 Jul 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English