The free release of dismantled materials: The practical case of the BR3 reactor

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 323-329

  Klein, Michel ^a   Moers, Sven ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clearance; Decontamination measurement; Dismantling; Free release

Indexed keywords

RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RECYCLING;

DECONTAMINATION MEASUREMENT;

DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS);

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; MONITOR; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0034662373     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00148-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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