Behaviour of actinides (Th, U, Np and Pu) and rare earths (La, Ce and Nd) during aqueous leaching of a nuclear glass under geological disposal conditions

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-126

  Menard O ^a,b   Advocat, T ^a   Ambrosi, J P ^b   Michard, A ^b  

^a CEA Rhône Valley Research Center   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

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EID: 0031954488     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00057-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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