• Soil Washing Technology for Sr and Cs-contaminated Soil Near Nuclear Power Plants using Calcium and Potassium Based Solutions

  • Hojae Song1·Kyoungphile Nam1*

  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro 1, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea

  • 칼슘 및 칼륨 용액을 이용한 원자력발전소 주변 스트론튬과 세슘 오염토양 세척기술 연구

  • 송호재1·남경필1*

  • 1서울대학교 건설환경공학부

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This Article

  • 2022; 27(2): 76-86

    Published on Apr 30, 2022

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2022.27.2.076
  • Received on Feb 21, 2022
  • Revised on Mar 2, 2022
  • Accepted on Apr 11, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Kyoungphile Nam

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro 1, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea

  • E-mail: kpnam@snu.ac.kr