Am-241 remobilization in a calcareous soil under simplified rhizospheric conditions studied by column experiments.
The effects of simplified rhizospheric conditions on the leaching of (241)Am from a calcareous soil, freshly contaminated, were investigated in batch and column experiments. Glucose and/or citrate were used as artificial exudate solutions at concentrations ranging from 10(-4) to 10(-2)moldm(-3). Am desorption, expressed in terms of distribution coefficients, varied from K(d)>10(4)dm(3)kg(-1) corresponding to a majority of experimental conditions, to K(d)</=10(2)dm(3)kg(-1) when citrate combined or not with glucose was used at >/=10(-2)moldm(-3). Soil columns revealed successive steady states coupled with transitory episodes, the latter represented up to 90% of the total Am release. (241)Am fractions with different behaviours were thus highlighted in columns whereas batch only accounted for highest Am mobile fractions. The implications of the different processes are discussed in terms of modelling approach and risk assessment.
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Laboratory of Radioecology and Ecotoxicology, Department for the Study of Radionuclides Behaviour in Ecosystems, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), CE Cadarache Blg 186, BP3 13115 St Paul-Lez-Durance, France.
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D000327:Adsorption; D000576:Americium / Q000032:analysis*; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D016062:Porosity; D012212:Rheology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
D012987:Soil; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D019343:Citric Acid; D005947:Glucose; D000576:Americium