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The effect of the pseudo-colloids in the fractured porous media for safety assessment of a HLW repository: application of arbitrary function

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In a deep-geological disposal facility, most of the pseudo-colloids are generating at the interface between a near-field and a far-field and the colloid transport is mostly taking place in the far-field region. This study has developed the methodology with the tabular result from a near-field model of the radionuclide transport as a boundary condition. This methodology can analyze the effect of pseudo-colloids to be interconnected the far-field region. This methodology is verified analytical solutions and will be a good tool to analyze the effect of pseudo-colloids in the far-field region at the deep-geological disposal environment.

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  1. Korean Radioactive Waste Agency, Daedeok-Dearo 989-111, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, 305-353, Republic of Korea

    Mi-Seon Jeong & Chul-Hyung Kang

  2. Korean Radioactive Waste Agency, Bukseong-ro 89, Gyungju-Si, 780-050, Republic of Korea

    Chul-Hyung Kang

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Jeong, MS., Kang, CH. The effect of the pseudo-colloids in the fractured porous media for safety assessment of a HLW repository: application of arbitrary function. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 302, 3–8 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3477-3

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