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Theoretical Analysis of Colloid-facilitated Transport of Radionuclides by Groundwater

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Mechanisms of colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides by groundwater are considered for three types of radioactive colloids: intrinsic colloids, primary colloids and pseudocolloids. Effect of elevated velocity of colloid facilitated migration is analyzed. The general characteristic is introduced for the estimation of the role of colloidal species of radionuclide migration velocity. A new probabilistic model of colloid retardation by the host rocks is developed taking into account heterogeneity of the colloid particles.

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The author acknowledges support from International Science & Technology Center under Award Number 3290 and from Russian Foundation of Basic Research under Award Number 09-05-00347.

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Malkovsky, V. (2011). Theoretical Analysis of Colloid-facilitated Transport of Radionuclides by Groundwater. In: Kalmykov, S., Denecke, M. (eds) Actinide Nanoparticle Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11432-8_8

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