Radiation resistance of fused titanium ceramic for actinide immobilization

Atomic Energy

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 487-494

  Yudintsev, S V ^a   Stefanovskii, S V ^b   Kir'yanova, O I ^b   Lian, J ^c   Ewing, R ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b Moscow Scientific and Industrial Association Radon   (Russian Federation)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039255659     PISSN: 10634258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012317310942     Document Type: Article

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