Explosion in the Tomask-7 reprocessing plant on April 6, 1993

Nuclear Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 222-234

  The, In ^a,c   Hyder, M L ^a,b   Lussie, W G ^a,b   Witmer, F E ^a,b  

^a WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS;

EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; NITRIC ACID; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0030182904     PISSN: 00295604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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