MOBILITY OF RADIOACTIVE COLLOIDAL PARTICLES IN GROUNDWATER

Citation
He. Nuttall et Rl. Long, MOBILITY OF RADIOACTIVE COLLOIDAL PARTICLES IN GROUNDWATER, Radioactive waste management and the nuclear fuel cycle, 17(3-4), 1993, pp. 237-251
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Engineering, Environmental
ISSN journal
07395876
Volume
17
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
237 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0739-5876(1993)17:3-4<237:MORCPI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Radiocolloids are a major factor in the rapid migration of radioactive waste in groundwater. For at least two Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) sites, researchers have shown that groundwater colloidal parti cles were responsible for the rapid transport of radioactive waste mat erial in groundwater. On an international scale, a review of reported field observations, laboratory column studies, and carefully collected field samples provides compelling evidence that colloidal particles e nhance both radioactive and toxic waste migration. The objective of th is project is to understand and predict colloid-contaminant migration through fundamental mathematical models, water sampling, and laborator y experiments and use this information to develop an effective and sci entifically based colloid immobilization strategy. The article focuses on solving the suspected radiocolloid transport problems at LANL's Mo rtandad Canyon site.