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EBS
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Silicate glass
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Devitirification
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Radiation induced effects
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Dissolution and alteration
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Radionuclide retardation by secondary alteration products
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Spent fuel
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Dissolution and radionuclide release
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Radionuclide retardation by secondary alteration products
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Metal
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Durability and longevity of iron and steel
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Durability and longevity of copper
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Radionuclide retardation by secondary alteration products
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Bentonite
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Longevity of bentonite and the rate of alteration
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Physico-chemical changes due to heating
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Canister sinking
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Interaction with other repository materials
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Hydraulic barrier and colloid filter functions
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Concrete and cement
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Durability of cement
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Cement-rock-groundwater interactions
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Radionuclide sorption
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Colloid production and filtration
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Gas and water permeability
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Bonding properties of cement and concrete
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Bitumen
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Durability and longevity
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Groundwater leaching
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Microbial degradation
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Radiation induced degradation
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Interaction with saline water
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Organic material
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Cellulose degradation
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Cellulose degradation products
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Natural resins
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Elemental solubility and speciation
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Elemental solubility
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Speciation
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Host rock
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Elemental solubility and speciation
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Elemental solubility
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Speciation
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Elemental retardation
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Transport and retardation within fractured crystalline rocks
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Transport and retardation within argillaceous rock
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Transport and retardation at the geosphere-biosphere interface
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Measurement of in situ distribution coefficient
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Matrix diffusion
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Depth and volume of interconnected porosity
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Bulk rock chemical buffering capacity
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Extent of matrix diffusion in sedimentary formation
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Estimation of diffusion coefficient
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Radiolysis
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Process involved in radiolysis of groundwater
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Radiolysis in nature (how common is radiolysis in nature)
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Potential buffering capacity of reduced iron corrosion phases
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Redox front
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Redox front formation and behavior in crystalline rocks
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Redox front formation and behaviour in argillaceous rocks
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Radionuclide migration at a redox front
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Colloids
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Populations of colloids in natural systems
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Stability of colloids in natural systems
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Radionuclide uptake and transport by colloids in natural system
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Colloid in anthropogenic systems
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Biocolloids
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Microbial activity
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Microbial populations at depth in natural systems
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Tolerance to hyper alkaline conditions
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Nutrient and energy availability
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Gas generation and migration
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Gas production rates
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Gas migration and reaction with the geosphere
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Gas migration effects on solute transport
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