Measurement of glass corrosion in Boom Clay disposal conditions

Proceedings of the International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, ICEM

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1615-1620

  Lemmens, Karel ^a   Aertsens, Marc ^a   Pirlet, Véra ^a   Serra, Hélène ^a   Valcke, Elie ^a   De Cannière, Pierre ^a   Van Iseghem, Pierre ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLASS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; SILICA; SORPTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; DIFFUSION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INTERPOLATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

HIGH LEVEL WASTES (HLW); MASS LOSSES; PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 0347591981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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