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Effect of Redox Conditions on the Sorption of Plutonium onto Geological Materials
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2011
Abstract
This paper presents the latest results from a programme of generic sorption studies undertaken to increase confidence in data underpinning the performance assessment for a potential high-level radioactive waste repository in Japan. The sorption of plutonium onto basalt and sandstone was studied as a function of redox conditions that ranged from strongly reducing to oxidising. Geochemical modelling was used to aid experimental design and the interpretation of results.
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