Preliminary study of the removal of polonium contamination by neutron-irradiated lead-bismuth eutectic

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 497-502

  Obara, Toru ^a   Miura, Terumitsu ^a   Fujita, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ando, Yasuo ^a   Sekimoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CONTAMINATION; EUTECTICS; FAST REACTORS; GLASS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LEAD; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; QUARTZ; REMOVAL;

SUB-CRITICAL SYSTEMS;

POLONIUM;

EID: 0037332709     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(02)00089-0     Document Type: Article

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