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Flow and Tracer Experiments in Crystalline Rocks: Results from Several Swedish in Situ Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

H. Abelin
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
L. Birgersson
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
J. Gidlund
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
L. Moreno
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
I. Neretnieks
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
S. Tunbrant
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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In a final repository for radioactive waste in crystalline rock, water flowing in the fractures may transport the radionuclides eventually leached from the waste. To be able to predict the migration of the radionuclides the processes involved must be understood. To quantify the processes, data from flow and transport in real fractures under realistic conditions are needed. Models used for prediction must include descriptions of the important processes and mechanisms.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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