Building confidence in the safe disposal of radioactive waste

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 227-249

  West, Julia M ^a   McKinley, Linda E ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 44349130310     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(06)09009-7     Document Type: Review

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