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Overview

Ivars Neretnieks is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on fields spanning engineering, environmental science, and earth and planetary sciences, with particular emphasis on environmental engineering and civil and structural engineering as subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including groundwater flow and contamination studies, soil and unsaturated flow, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, geophysical and geoelectrical methods, rock mechanics and modeling, geophysical methods and applications, as well as landslides and related hazards.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Nuclear Technology
  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • Geologica Acta

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ivars Neretnieks consist of:

  • Josep M. Soler
  • Luis Moreno
  • Longcheng Liu
  • Urban Svensson
  • Aitor Iraola

Their recent publications demonstrate ongoing contributions to understanding radionuclide transport and the impact of geological formations on environmental safety. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Predictive Modeling of a Simple Field Matrix Diffusion Experiment Addressing Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Rock. Is It So Straightforward?" (2021), published in Nuclear Technology
  • "Radionuclide Transport in Channel Networks with Radial Diffusion in the Porous Rock Matrix" (2023), published in Nuclear Technology
  • "Impact of rock fracture geometry on geotechnical barrier integrity - A numerical study" (2021), published in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • "Saline groundwaters counteract up-flow of contaminants- implications for radionuclide repositories?" (2024), published in Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • "Modelling of the LTDE-SD radionuclide diffusion experiment in crystalline rock at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden)" (2022), published in Geologica Acta

The research topics addressed in these works include detailed studies of radionuclide transport mechanisms in fractured rock, numerical modeling of rock fracture geometry effects on barrier integrity, and implications of saline groundwaters on contaminant movement.

Collectively, the research contributions of Ivars Neretnieks encompass applied scientific investigation into groundwater contamination processes and rock mechanics, particularly within contexts relevant to environmental safety and geotechnical barrier performance.

Best Publications

  • Diffusion in the rock matrix: An important factor in radionuclide retardation?

    Ivars Neretnieks

  • Flow and tracer transport in a single fracture: A stochastic model and its relation to some field observations

    L. Moreno;Y. W. Tsang;C. F. Tsang;F. V. Hale

  • Flow channeling in heterogeneous fractured rocks

    Chin-Fu Tsang;Ivars Neretnieks

  • Tracer movement in a single fissure in granitic rock: Some experimental results and their interpretation

    Ivars Neretnieks;Tryggve Eriksen;Päivi Tähtinen

  • Flow and tracer transport in fractured media: A variable aperture channel model and its properties

    Y. W. Tsang;C. F. Tsang;I. Neretnieks;L. Moreno

  • Exact solution of a model for diffusion in particles and longitudinal dispersion in packed beds

    Anders Rasmuson;Ivars Neretnieks

  • Hydrologic issues associated with nuclear waste repositories

    Chin-Fu Tsang;Ivars Neretnieks;Yvonne Tsang

  • LONG-TERM PROCESSES IN WASTE DEPOSITS

    S. Bozkurt;Luis Moreno;Ivars Neretnieks

  • Porosities and Diffusivities of Some Nonsorbing Species in Crystalline Rocks

    Kristina Skagius;Ivars Neretnieks

  • Migration of radionuclides in fissured rock: The influence of micropore diffusion and longitudinal dispersion

    Anders Rasmuson;Ivars Neretnieks

  • Fluid flow and solute transport in a network of channels

    Luis Moreno;Ivars Neretnieks

  • A numerical study on differences in using Navier–Stokes and Reynolds equations for modeling the fluid flow and particle transport in single rock fractures with shear

    T. Koyama;Ivars Neretnieks;Lanru Jing

  • Analysis of Some Laboratory Tracer Runs in Natural Fissures

    Luis Moreno;Ivars Neretnieks;Tryggve Eriksen

  • A note on fracture flow dispersion mechanisms in the ground

    Ivars Neretnieks

  • Radionuclide Transport in Fast Channels in Crystalline Rock

    Anders Rasmuson;Ivars Neretnieks

  • 2 – Solute Transport in Fractured Rock — Applications to Radionuclide Waste Repositories

    Ivars Neretnieks

  • Electroremediation: Removal of Heavy Metals from Soils by Using Cation Selective Membrane

    Zhongming Li;Ji-Wei Yu;Ivars Neretnieks

  • A Large-Scale Flow and Tracer Experiment in Granite: 2. Results and Interpretation

    Harald Abelin;Lars Birgersson;Luis Moreno;Hans Widén

  • Numerical modeling of stress effects on solute transport in fractured rocks

    Zhihong Zhao;Lanru Jing;Ivars Neretnieks;Luis Moreno

  • Long-term fate of organics in waste deposits and its effect on metal release.

    S. Bozkurt;L. Moreno;I. Neretnieks

Frequent Co-Authors

Lanru Jing
Lanru Jing Royal Institute of Technology
Zhihong Zhao
Zhihong Zhao Tsinghua University
Chin-Fu Tsang
Chin-Fu Tsang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Victor Vilarrasa
Victor Vilarrasa Spanish National Research Council
Quansheng Liu
Quansheng Liu Wuhan University
Jonny Rutqvist
Jonny Rutqvist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Olaf Kolditz
Olaf Kolditz TU Dresden
Xia-Ting Feng
Xia-Ting Feng Northeastern University
Hong Zheng
Hong Zheng Beijing University of Technology
Robert W. Zimmerman
Robert W. Zimmerman Imperial College London

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