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Anisotropy of clays in diffusion transport of radionuclides

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Comprehensive analysis of physicochemical and mineralogical properties of clays as surrounding rocks for radioactive waste repositories is performed with emphasis on the clay anisotropy. The results of a long-term experiment on diffusion transport of radionuclides in an experimental sample, a Cambrian clay monolith, are reported, and the anisotropy of the clay monolith with respect to diffusion properties along and perpendicular to the stratification plane is considered in detail.

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  1. Alexandrov Research Institute of Technology, Federal State Unitary Enterprise, Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad oblast, 188540, Russia

    E. B. Pankina, M. P. Glukhova, V. N. Epimakhov, S. G. Mysik, M. N. Baev, V. V. Kobekov & V. F. Degtev

  2. St. Petersburg Department, Sergeev Institute of Geoecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    V. G. Rumynin & A. M. Nikulenkov

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Original Russian Text © E.B. Pankina, V.G. Rumynin, A.M. Nikulenkov, M.P. Glukhova, V.N. Epimakhov, S.G. Mysik, M.N. Baev, V.V. Kobekov, V.F. Degtev, 2010, published in Radiokhimiya, 2010, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 532–538.

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Pankina, E.B., Rumynin, V.G., Nikulenkov, A.M. et al. Anisotropy of clays in diffusion transport of radionuclides. Radiochemistry 52, 630–637 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362210060147

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