Conditioning methods for beryllium waste from fusion reactors

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 69, Issue 1-4 SPEC, 2003, Pages 607-610

  Druyts, F ^a   Van Iseghem, P ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Fusion reactors; Waste

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

PHOSPHATIZATION;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0041782548     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00169-8     Document Type: Article

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