Partitioning of plutonium between glass, secondary phases, and contact refractories

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 556, Issue , 1999, Pages 271-278

  Muller, I S ^a   Buechele, A C ^a   Perez Cardenas, F ^a   Gan, H ^a   Pegg, I L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; HEAT TREATMENT; MELTING; PLUTONIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL ANALYSIS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION;

EID: 0033351953     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-556-271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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