Thermal, structural, and radiological properties of irradiated graphite from the ASTRA research reactor - Implications for disposal

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 122-132

  Lexa, Dusan ^a   Kropf, A Jeremy ^b  

^a Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf GmbH   (Austria)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; RADIOLOGY; SYNCHROTRONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

HOT-CELL; THERMAL COLUMN; WIGNER;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 29144482601     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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