Application of polymers for the long-term storage and disposal of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-101

  Bonin, Hugues W ^a   Walker, Michael W ^a   Bui, Van Tam ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Polymer based composites; Radioactive waste; Storage container

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS FIBERS; IRRADIATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TENSILE TESTING; URANIUM MINES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

POLYMER-BASED COMPOSITES; STORAGE CONTAINER;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0742307352     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3462     Document Type: Article

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