Description
The movement of colloids with groundwater.
Category
Category of FEP
Supercontainer EBS
Sub-category
Sub-category of FEP
Hydraulic processes
Ondraf Niras FEP Number
Ondraf Niras FEP Number
43
FEP Effects
Description of FEP Effects
Depending on their size, colloids may be transported at different rates than fully dissolved species. Colloids may retard radionuclide transport by sorption of dissolved radionuclides onto colloids and subsequent filtration or sorption of the colloids by the EBS or natural materials; colloids may also enhance radionuclide transport by sorption of dissolved radionuclides and colloid transport with flowing groundwater through fractured media in channels where velocities are greatest.
NEA TN2 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA TN2 List of Proposed IFEP Revisions [NEA/RWM/R(2013)8]
2.5.2.8 Colloid transport (waste package). 3.3.2.8 Colloid transport (GDF).