Real time alteration of a nuclear waste glass and remobilization of lanthanide into an interphase

Waste Management

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 731-739

  Gauthier, A ^a   Le Coustumer, P ^a   Motelica, M ^b   Donard, O F X ^c  

^a Lab Mat Geol E   (France)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diffusion; ICP MS; Interface; Interphase; Lanthanide; Leaching; Nuclear waste glass; TEM; Trapping

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; LANTHANUM; LEACHING; NEODYMIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALTERATION PRODUCTS; DYNAMIC LEACHING TESTS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION;

CERIUM; GLASS; LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; NEODYMIUM;

GLASS; MOBILIZATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; MODEL; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033821333     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(00)00035-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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