Summary
A comprehensive study of the uranium ore bodies in the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia has been carried out during the past six years. The principal aims of the project have been
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to collect field data from several uranium deposits, particularly the secondary mineralization dispersion fan at Koongarra, to enable radionuclide transport model codes to be developed and evaluated; and
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to identify and quantify processes which occur on both short and geological timescales and which may be significant in the transport or retardation of radionuclides in the geosphere - examples are the behaviour of colloids, timedependent adsorption and crystallization, and matrix diffusion.
This paper presents some early conclusions from the overall program, provides details of the more recent work and recommends topics for further study.
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Duerden, P., Golian, C., Hardy, C.J., Nightingale, T., Payne, T. (1987). Alligator Rivers Analogue Project Review of Research and Its Implications for Model Validation. In: Côme, B., Chapman, N.A. (eds) Natural Analogues in Radioactive Waste Disposal. Radioactive Waste Management Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3465-8_8
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