Evaluation of the activity of irradiated graphite in the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant RBMK-1500 reactor

Nukleonika

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 113-120

  Ancius, Darius ^a   Ridikas, Danas ^b   Remeikis, Vidmantas ^a   Plukis, Arturas ^a   Plukiene, Rita ^a   Cometto, Marco ^b  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Activation analysis; Graphite; Modeling; Radioactive waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144488183     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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