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How mobile is tritiated water through unsaturated cement-based materials? New insights from two complementary

S Savoye1, A Rajyaguru1, N Macé1

  • 1Den-Service d'Etude du Comportement des Radionucléides (SECR), CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Applied Radiation and Isotopes : Including Data, Instrumentation and Methods for Use in Agriculture, Industry and Medicine
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Keywords:
CementDesaturationDiffusionOsmosisSaline solutionTritiated water (HTO)

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