Influence of metal concentration and the presence of competing cations on europium and gadolinium speciation with humic acid analysed by CE-ICP-MS†
Abstract
Nowadays, there is a broad consensus on the technical merits of the disposal of high-level nuclear waste (HLW) in deep and stable geological formations. For the safety assessment of a waste disposal it is important to understand the radionuclide migration in the near- and far-field of a repository caused by an incident. In this environment, natural organic matter such as humic substances can play an important role by their complexation behaviour for metal ions.
- This article is part of the themed collection: 2009 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Graz, Austria