Nuclear waste glasses - How durable?

Elements

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 357-364

  Grambow, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Dissolution mechanism; Glass; Modeling; Nuclear waste; Prediction; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; GLASS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY;

DISSOLUTION MECHANISM; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; LONG TERM STABILITY; NUCLEAR WASTE GLASS; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; VITRIFIED WASTES;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

DISSOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GLASS; MODELING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; SOLID WASTE; VITRIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 34248654074     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.2.6.357     Document Type: Article

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