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The Environmental Transport of
Radium and Plutonium:
A Review

Brice Smith
Alexandra Amonette

Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

June 23, 2006


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Table of Contents

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Radium Mobility in the Environment
      Section 2.1 - Adsorption/Desorption Studies
      Section 2.2 - Measuring the Partition Coefficient
      Section 2.3 - Limitations of the Kd Approach
      Section 2.4 - Biota Effects Impacts on Radium Mobility
      Section 2.5 - Conclusions

Chapter Three: Plutonium Mobility in the Environment
      Section 3.1 - Oxidation States of Plutonium
      Section 3.2 - Complexing Agents
      Section 3.3 - Colloid Mediated Transport
      Section 3.4 - Erosion and Surface Water Transport
      Section 3.5 - Biota Impacts
      Section 3.6 - Conclusions

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