Partitioning and transmutation technology in Japan and its benefit on high-level waste management

GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 434-442

  Oigawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishihara, Kenji ^a   Yokoo, Takeshi ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FUELS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPENT FUELS; TECHNOLOGY;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE (HLRW); HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR-FUEL CYCLES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 45149118534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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