Pyrochemical processes in advanced nuclear programs - With emphasis on management of long-lived radionuclides

High Temperature Material Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 587-596

  Ogawa, T ^a   Igarashi, M ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinides; Chlorides; Molten salts; Reprocessing; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844457590     PISSN: 10933611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/HighTempMatProc.v2.i4.110     Document Type: Article

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