Leaching of radionuclides

Fleischer RL (1982) Alpha-recoil damage and solution effects in minerals uranium isotopic disequilibrium and radon release. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 46 2191-2201 Fleischer RL (1988) Alpha-recoil damage relation to isotopic disequilibrium and leaching of radionuclides. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 52 1459-1466... 

Groundwater leaching of radionuclides from waste forms is the first step in radionuclide transport from a disposal site. The release rate of radionuclides from the waste form is dependent on the waste form s leaching behavior. The sixth section describes the factors that affect the leaching behavior of several potential waste forms and radionuclides. 

Kruglov S. V., Vasil eva N. A., Kurinov A. D., and Aleksakhin R. M. (1994) Leaching of radionuclides in Chernobyl fallout from soil by mineral acids. Radiochemistry 36(6), 598-602. 

Many radionuclides are often retained in surface soils, especially those with organic matter that binds the ions. For example, following the accidental release of Cs in the forested areas near Chernobyl, most of the radionuclide is still retained in the top soil layers. This retention can prevent downward leaching of radionuclides to the water table, but it may pose other difficulties because of greater doses to organisms exposed to the soil surface. 

The rate of leaching of radionuclides from graphite is likely to be governed by ... 

Krivokhatskii A.S.. Smirnova E.A.. Sa onenko - V.G., Avdeev V.A.. Dem yanova T.A., Aleksandrov B.M.. Aleksandruk V.M.. Sagaidachenko E.Yu. and Vasil ev V.I.. "Leaching of Radionuclides from Nuclear Fuel and Reactor Graphite Particles Isolated from Samples of the 30-KiIoiuetre Zone of the Chernobyl NPP II - Radionuclide Leaching Results for 1989-1991 trans. from Radiokhimiya. 30. 92-101. 1992... 

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