Performance of a buried radioactive high level waste (HLW) glass after 24 years

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-256

  Jantzen, Carol M ^a   Kaplan, Daniel I ^a   Bibler, Ned E ^a   Peeler, David K ^a   John Plodinec, M ^a  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEACHING; LYSIMETERS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL SURVEYS; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING; TESTING;

FIELD TESTING; GLASS ALTERATION; HIGH-LEVEL WASTE; LABORATORY TESTING; LEACHATE; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE;

GLASS;

EID: 49849089217     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.06.040     Document Type: Article

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