ON THE COMPARTMENTAL MODELING OF CESIUM MIGRATION IN SOILS

Authors
ANTONOPOULOSDOMIS M CLOUVAS A MARSEGUERRA M
Citation
M. Antonopoulosdomis et al., ON THE COMPARTMENTAL MODELING OF CESIUM MIGRATION IN SOILS, Nuclear science and engineering, 121(3), 1995, pp. 461-467
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Nuclear science and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295639
Volume
121
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
461 - 467
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5639(1995)121:3<461:OTCMOC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The validity conditions of compartment models for cesium migration in soils are investigated. A compartment model is derived from a diffusio n-convection model. The model considers free and bound cesium compartm ents and is applied to measured profiles of Cs-137 of undisturbed soil in Northern Greece. It is concluded that the rate of cesium transfer must vary linearly with depth and that from measured equilibrium profi les, the ratios of model parameters can be determined but not the para meters themselves.