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MIGRATION CONTAMINANTS [1 record]

Record 1 2001-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioactive Contamination
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Dredging
  • Pollution (General)
CONT

... backfill can ... act as a direct barrier to contaminant migration by providing sorptive properties that tend to retard the movement of radionuclides that escape from the waste package.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution par radioactivité
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Dragage
  • Pollution (Généralités)
CONT

Ses objectifs sont donc, d'une part, de limiter la migration des polluants vers des secteurs non pollués ou vers des éléments sensibles du milieu et, d'autre part, d'empêcher la biomobilisation des polluants par la faune ou la flore benthique au site même du dépôt.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación por radioactividad
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Dragado
  • Contaminación (Generalidades)
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