Description
Radionuclides that are advected along connected void spaces at the interface with the host rock or along connected fractures in the EDZ may also diffuse into stagnant porewater in the intact rock matrix. This retardation process is termed matrix diffusion.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
Tunnels and shafts
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
3.04
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999
2.2.05, 3.2.07