Site restoration activities at DOE facilities and the permanent disposal of nuclear waste inevitably involve understanding the behavior of materials in a radiation field. Radionuclide decay and the associated radiation fields lead to physical and chemical changes that can degrade or enhance important material properties. Alpha-decay of the actinide elements and beta-decay of the fission products lead to atomic-scale changes in materials (radiation damage and transmutation).

Citation: Wang, L.M., Ewing, R.C., and Hayes, K.F. United States. University of Michigan. Radiation Effects on the Sorption and Mobilization of Radionuclide during Transport through the Geosphere. Washington, D.C.: Department of Energy, March 2004.



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