ASSOCIATIONS OF Pu AND OTHER ACTINIDES IN SOILS 153 



Fig. 5 Effect of ionic strength on sorption of radiostrontium and radiocesium by soil. 

 [Modified from E. E. Prout, Adsorption of Radioactive Wastes by Savannah River Plant 

 Soil Soil Science, 86: p. 15 (1958).] 



TABLE 2 Adsorption and Solution-Phase Characterization of 

 2 3 8pu(iV) Added to Miami SUt Loam Clay (pH 4.0) 



*Organic matter removed with NaOCl; Fe removed with sodium dithionite. 

 tpH 4.0;5mA/Ca(NO3)2 ; solution/clay ratio of400/l. 

 XSee Bondietti and Reynolds (1976) for methodology. 

 §No clay present. 



