Description

Radionuclides that are advected along fractures or connected void spaces at or near the bentonite-HR interface may also diffuse into stagnant porewater in the adjacent rock matrix. This retardation process is termed matrix diffusion.

OPA Category

Category as used in the OPA assessment

Bentonite-HR interface

OPA Number

Number as used in the OPA assessment

3.05

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