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Contaminant transport in one-dimensional single fractured media: semi-analytical solution for three-member decay chain with pulse and Heaviside input sources

✍ Scribed by David Ching-Fang Shih


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
215 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6087

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Abstract

A semi‐analytical solution of the one‐dimensional transport for considering a three‐member decay chain in a single fracture with pulse and Heaviside input sources has been studied using the Laplace transform and its numerical inversion. The results reveal that breakthrough curves of dimensionless concentration for the decay chain of Np‐237, U‐233, and Th‐229 in the fracture can be well demonstrated in the temporal and spatial domains. The conditions with and without retardation effects are also compared. During the preliminary screening phase the solutions are suitable for performance assessment on radioactive waste disposal sites under a one‐dimensional single fracture condition. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.