Advanced polymer composites for the fabrication of spent nuclear fuel disposal containers

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 286-304

  Bonin, Hugues W ^a   Miedema, Ian ^a   Bui, Van Tam ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disposal containers; Polymer composites; Spent nuclear fuel

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHERS; FUELS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE FIBERS; KETONES; POLYMERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY SCATTERING;

ADVANCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; DISPOSAL CONTAINERS; MIXED RADIATION FIELDS; NUCLEAR RESEARCH REACTOR; POLYMER COMPOSITE; RADIOACTIVE ENVIRONMENT; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; UNDERGROUND VAULTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CALORIMETRY; CARBON FIBERS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSITES; CONTAINERS; FUELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; REFRACTORIES; REINFORCED PLASTIC; TENSILE TESTS;

EID: 56249097222     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT08-A4027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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