HIPed tailored ceramic waste forms for the immobilization of Cs, Sr and Tc

GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1022-1028

  Carter, Melody L ^a   Stewart, Martin W A ^a   Vance, Eric R ^a   Begg, Bruce D ^a   Moricca, Sam ^a   Tripp, Julia ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE INITIATIVE (AFCI); ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES; AR(1) PROCESS; CERAMIC WASTE FORM (CWF); EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HOLLANDITE; LEACH TESTING; NUCLEAR-FUEL CYCLES; RELEASE RATES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CESIUM; FUELS; LEACHING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MICROFLUIDICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SEPARATION; STRONTIUM; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 45149102468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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