The problem of the UK's radioactive waste: What have we learnt?

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 296-301

  Atherton, Elizabeth ^a   Poole, Mike ^a  

^a United Kingdom Nirex Limited   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042993898     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801801679548     Document Type: Article

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