UO2 dissolution in Boom Clay conditions

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 321, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-59

  Cachoir, C ^a   Lemmens, K ^a   Van den Berghe, S ^a   Van Iseghem, P ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CLAY; DISSOLUTION; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

HUMIC ACID;

URANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0042023748     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3115(03)00199-5     Document Type: Article

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