A review of 14C waste arising from the nuclear industry in the United Kingdom

Radiocarbon

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 425-432

  McNamara, Niall ^a   McCartney, Martin ^a   Scott, E M ^b  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; NUCLEAR POWER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

EID: 0032453788     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200018300     Document Type: Review

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