Vitrification and testing of a Hanford high-level waste sample. Part 1: Glass fabrication, and chemical and radiochemical analysis

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-30

  Hrma, P ^a   Crum, J V ^a   Bates, D J ^a   Bredt, P R ^a   Greenwood, L R ^a   Smith, H D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE GLASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; URANIUM; VITRIFICATION;

HIGH-LEVEL WASTES; RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE LOADING; WASTE SAMPLES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 29144501133     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2005.03.026     Document Type: Article

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