A Study of the Isolation System for Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Wastes |
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... sorption of radionuclides in the backfill material . Sorption can retard the rate of transport through the backfill and delay the appearance of sorbing radionuclides at the outer surface of the backfill . In this sense , backfill sorption ...
... sorption of radionuclides in the backfill material . Sorption can retard the rate of transport through the backfill and delay the appearance of sorbing radionuclides at the outer surface of the backfill . In this sense , backfill sorption ...
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... SORPTION PROPERTIES AND SOLUBILITIES OF RADIONUCLI DES At the request of the panel , K. B. Krauskopf , Stanford University , has compiled a table of solubilities and sorption retardation factors for various radionuclides in the ...
... SORPTION PROPERTIES AND SOLUBILITIES OF RADIONUCLI DES At the request of the panel , K. B. Krauskopf , Stanford University , has compiled a table of solubilities and sorption retardation factors for various radionuclides in the ...
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... sorption by clay minerals ; such numbers may well be applicable to weathered or altered granite and basalt with clay - lined fractures . The column for salt does not refer to sorption on rock salt itself ( which is very small ) but to ...
... sorption by clay minerals ; such numbers may well be applicable to weathered or altered granite and basalt with clay - lined fractures . The column for salt does not refer to sorption on rock salt itself ( which is very small ) but to ...
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