Radionuclide transport and retardation in the alluvial aquifer near Yucca Mountain, Nevada

摘要

Effects of heterogeneity on transport in the alluvial aquifer near Yucca Mountain, Nevada USA are evaluated using the stochastic Lagrangian method and a two-site sorption model. Radionuclide transport is sensitive to physical heterogeneity and to mass transfer rates between mobile (non-sorbing) and immobile (sorbing) zones, but is insensitive to chemical heterogeneities.