Zirconolite as a matrix for immobilization of high-level radioactive wastes

Geology of Ore Deposits

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 345-352

  Laverov, N P ^a   Omel'yanenko, B I ^a   Yudintsev, S V ^a   Nikonov, B S ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

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