Natural and artificial minerals as matrices for immobilization of actinides

Geology of Ore Deposits

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-193

  Omel'yanenko, B I ^a   Livshits, T S ^a   Yudintsev, S V ^a   Nikonov, B S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ACTINIDES IMMOBILIZATION; ARTIFICIAL MINERALS; NATURAL MINERALS; RADIOACTIVE MINERALS; TRANSURANIC ACTINIDES;

MINERALS;

ACTINIDE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IMMOBILIZATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REPOSITORY; THORIUM; URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 34447540088     PISSN: 10757015     EISSN: 15556476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1075701507030014     Document Type: Article

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