Estimating the alteration kinetics of the French vitrified high-level waste package in a geologic repository

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-81

  Jollivet, Patrick ^a,b,c   Nicolas, Michèle ^a,c,d   Vernaz, Etienne ^a,b,c  

^a SCD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Lab Syst de Mesure et d'Instrum   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Long term behavior; Modeling; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GELS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SILICATES;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE PACKAGE PREDIVER;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION;

EID: 0032123932     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT98-A2880     Document Type: Article

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