Scale-dependent desorption of uranium from contaminated subsurface sediments

• Published in: Water resources research Vol. 44; no. 8
• Main Authors: Liu, Chongxuan, Zachara, John M, Qafoku, Nikolla P, Wang, Zheming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.08.2008
• Subjects: alluvium; bromides; coarse-textured soils; desorption; geochemistry; groundwater contamination; kinetics; labeling techniques; porosity; sediment contamination; simulation models; subsurface flow; tritium; uranium; Washington

Column experiments were performed to investigate the scale-dependent desorption of uranyl [U(VI)] from a contaminated sediment collected from the Hanford 300 Area at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site, Washington. The sediment was a coarse-textured alluvial flood deposit containing sig...