Characterization of Contaminant Transport Using Naturally-Occurring U-Series Disequilibria

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/789797· OSTI ID:789797

KU, TEH-LUNG ^[1]

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1. University of Southern California

Study the migration of nuclear waste contaminants in subsurface fractured systems using naturally occurring uranium and thorium-series radionuclides as tracers under in-situ physico-chemical and hydrogeologic conditions. Radioactive disequilibria among members of these decay-series nuclides can provide information on the rates of adsorption-desorption and transport of contaminants as well as on fluid transport and rock dissolution in a natural setting.

• Research Organization: University of Southern California (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-97ER14763
• OSTI ID: 789797
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/14763
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ADSORPTION
DESORPTION
DISEQUILIBRIA
DISSOLUTION
FLUID FLOW
FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
HYDROGEOLOGIC
PHYSICO-CHEMICAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADIONUCLIDES
THORIUM
TRACER TECHNIQUES
URANIUM
WASTE-ROCK INTERACTIONS