Incidents caused by red oil phenomena at semi-scale and industrial radiochemical units

Radiochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Usachev, V N ^a   Markov, G S ^a  

^a KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL; OIL;

ACCIDENT; EXPLOSION; FIRE; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SCALE UP;

EID: 3843118644     PISSN: 10663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022353014980     Document Type: Review

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