natural analogues of processes in a radioactive waste repository /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by N.A. Chapman ... [et al.].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Elsevier,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1993.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (ix, 603 p.) :
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ill., maps
GENERAL NOTES
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"Reprinted from the Journal of geochemical exploration, vol. 45, nos. 1-3."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The safe disposal of radioactive wastes by burial in deep geological formations requires long-term predictions of the future behaviour of the wastes and their engineered repository. Such predictions can be tested by evaluating processes analogous to those which will occur in a repository, which have been long active in the natural geochemical environment.The Poços de Caldas Project is a comprehensive study of two ore deposits in Minas Gerais, Brazil, aimed at looking at uranium and thorium series radionuclide and rare-earth element mobility, the development and movement of redox fronts, and the nature of natural groundwater colloids. A multidisciplinary team of experts from 27 laboratories carried out a fully integrated study of the geology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, hydrochemistry and geomicrobiology of the two sites for nearly four years. This book contains 20 papers covering the detailed findings, with particular emphasis on their significance for radioactive waste disposal, especially on the use of the data in testing models of radionuclide movement. It will interest economic geologists, geochemists and performance assessment modellers involved in the geological disposal of radioactive wastes.
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Title
Poços de Caldas Project.
International Standard Book Number
0444899340
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Geochemistry-- Brazil-- Poços de Caldas.
Hydrogeology-- Brazil-- Poços de Caldas.
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.
Radioisotopes-- Migration-- Brazil-- Poços de Caldas.
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