Long-term leaching experiments of full-scale cemented waste forms: Experiments and modeling

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-118

  Kienzler, Bernhard ^a   Vejmelka, Peter ^a   Herbert, Horst Jürgen ^b   Meyer, Herbert ^d   Altenhein Haese, Corinna ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Gesell F Anlagen R   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEPTUNIUM; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; URANIUM;

CEMENTED WASTE FORMS; SELF-SHIELDED CONCRETE WASTE CONTAINERS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0033904838     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT00-A3049     Document Type: Article

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