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