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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1755-1760 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
| Volume | 322 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 26 Sept 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2019 |
Abstract
129I is emitted continuously in large amounts by reprocessing plants in La Hague and Sellafield. For determination of mobility in soil, we provide results of column experiments with undisturbed natural soils. Directly after short-term (28 days) contact with water from the bottom, iodine shows high upwards mobility only due to capillary forces. Furthermore, desiccation of the contaminated tracer reservoir led to an even stronger migration effect, which indicates remobilization of iodine from the drying soil layers. Chemical speciation proves difficult, as either gaseous iodine or organically bound iodine attached to dissolved organic matter are possible for the upward migration processes.
Keywords
- Iodine migration, Remobilization, Undisturbed soil column, Vadose zone
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- Chemistry(all)
- Analytical Chemistry
- Energy(all)
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Medicine(all)
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Environmental Science(all)
- Pollution
- Chemistry(all)
- Spectroscopy
- Medicine(all)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Environmental Science(all)
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 322, No. 3, 12.2019, p. 1755-1760.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Determination of iodine mobility in the soil vadose zone using long-term column experiments
AU - Köhler, Fabian
AU - Riebe, Beate
AU - Weller, Anica
AU - Walther, Clemens
N1 - Funding information: We thank the Siebold-Sasse Foundation for financial support.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - 129I is emitted continuously in large amounts by reprocessing plants in La Hague and Sellafield. For determination of mobility in soil, we provide results of column experiments with undisturbed natural soils. Directly after short-term (28 days) contact with water from the bottom, iodine shows high upwards mobility only due to capillary forces. Furthermore, desiccation of the contaminated tracer reservoir led to an even stronger migration effect, which indicates remobilization of iodine from the drying soil layers. Chemical speciation proves difficult, as either gaseous iodine or organically bound iodine attached to dissolved organic matter are possible for the upward migration processes.
AB - 129I is emitted continuously in large amounts by reprocessing plants in La Hague and Sellafield. For determination of mobility in soil, we provide results of column experiments with undisturbed natural soils. Directly after short-term (28 days) contact with water from the bottom, iodine shows high upwards mobility only due to capillary forces. Furthermore, desiccation of the contaminated tracer reservoir led to an even stronger migration effect, which indicates remobilization of iodine from the drying soil layers. Chemical speciation proves difficult, as either gaseous iodine or organically bound iodine attached to dissolved organic matter are possible for the upward migration processes.
KW - Iodine migration
KW - Remobilization
KW - Undisturbed soil column
KW - Vadose zone
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U2 - 10.1007/s10967-019-06789-y
DO - 10.1007/s10967-019-06789-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074039446
VL - 322
SP - 1755
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JO - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
JF - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
SN - 0236-5731
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