Depleted uranium dioxide waste package for spent nuclear fuel

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 713, Issue , 2002, Pages 143-150

  Forsberg, Charles W ^a   Dole, Leslie R ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERMETS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOISOTOPES; SPENT FUELS; STEEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

DEPLETED URANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTE PACKAGE;

URANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0036378968     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-713-jj11.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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