Published 1993 | Version v1
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Transport of neptunium through Yucca Mountain tuffs

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

Description

Neptunium has a high solubility in groundwaters from Yucca Mountain. Uranium in nuclear reactors produces 237Np which has a half-life of 2.14 x 106 years. Consequently, the transport of 237Np through tuffs is of major importance in assessing the performance of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. The objective of this work is to determine the amount of Np retardation that is provided by the materials in Yucca Mountain tuffs as a function of groundwater chemistry

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Yucca Mountain Project

Publishing Information

Publisher
Materials Research Society.
Imprint Place
Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Imprint Title
Scientific basis for nuclear waste management XVI
Imprint Pagination
959 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 797-802.

Conference

Title
16. Materials Research Society (MRS) fall meeting.
Dates
30 Nov - 5 Dec 1992.
Place
Boston, MA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26066401
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; GROUND WATER; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; NEPTUNIUM; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; TUFF; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; METALS; MOUNTAINS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; STORAGE; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTES; WATER