Accelerator-driven Systems; Their Application to the Incineration of Long-lived Radioactive Waste

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-166

  Guidotti, M ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerator driven systems; Actinides; Lead targets; Long lived fission products; Minor actinides; Nuclear waste burners; Plutonium; Radioactive wastes; Spallation; Targets; Transmutation; Waste management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013378599     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.1997.9733642     Document Type: Article

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