Description

Transport of dissolved radionuclides is driven by pressure gradients (advection) and concentration gradients (diffusion). Dispersion takes place due to heterogeneities, which can occur over a wide range of scales along the migration pathways.

OPA Category

Category as used in the OPA assessment

Bentonite-HR interface

OPA Number

Number as used in the OPA assessment

3.04

Waste Relevance

Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant

SF/HLW

NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)

Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999

3.2.07