Abstract
The relationship of the retardation factor of a radionuclide for undisturbed soil and that for disturbed soil is investigated. The migration model is based on the assumption that both reactive (dynamic) and nonreactive (stagnant) sites exist in the soil column. The retardation factor for undisturbed soil is represented by the following equation: Rf{sub u} = S{sub 2}/S{sub d}Rf{sub d}, where Rf{sub u} and Rf{sub d} are retardation factors for undisturbed and disturbed soil, respectively, and S{sub u} and S{sub d} are degrees of water saturation in undisturbed and disturbed soils, respectively. The migration experiments for both the undisturbed and disturbed soil columns were carried out using {sup 85}Sr. The average retardation factor for the undisturbed soil is smaller than that for disturbed soil, and the degree of water saturation in the undisturbed soil column is smaller than that in the disturbed soil column. The retardation factor for the undisturbed soil estimated, based on the above equation, is approximately the same as the measured retardation factor for the undisturbed soil.
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