Migration of ruthenium-106 in a Nevada Test Site aquifer: discrepancy between field and laboratory results
Coles DG and Ramspott, Lawrence D.. 1982. Migration of ruthenium-106 in a Nevada Test Site aquifer: discrepancy between field and laboratory results. Science. 215(4537):1235-1237
Ruthenium-106 has been observed to migrate in ground water at about the same velocity as tritium from the site of an underground nuclear explosion to a pumped satellite well 91 meters distant. This finding contradicts the prediction, based on laboratory batch sorption measurements, that ruthenium-106 should migrate at a much lower rate that tritium. To predict migration of radionuclides in ground water, more relevant laboratory measurements are required.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Coles, David; Ramspott, Lawrence D.
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Aquifers, Environmental Geology, Field Studies, Geology, Ground Water, Isotopes, laboratory studies, Migration, Nevada, Nevada Test Site, nuclear explosions, Pollution, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactive Waste, Ru 106, ruthenium, Waste Disposal, Western U.S.