Description

Colloids or microbes may incorporate radionuclides, e.g. through the processes lumped together as sorption. In cement water colloids are not stable (coagulation) and therefore low concentrations are expected, and they could not be transported through Opalinus Clay (filtration).

OPA Category

Category as used in the OPA assessment

ILW backfill and liner

OPA Number

Number as used in the OPA assessment

3.04

Waste Relevance

Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant

ILW

NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)

Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999

3.2.04, 3.2.06