Leaching of a zirconolite ceramic waste-form under proton and He 2+ irradiation

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue 9-11, 2008, Pages 619-624

  Tribet, M ^a   Toulhoat, N ^a,e   Moncoffre, N ^b   Jegou C ^b   Leturcq, G ^c   Corbel, C ^d   Toulhoat, P ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CEA/DEN/DTCD/SECM   (France)

^c CEA/DEN/DRCP/SCPS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Deposited energy; Irradiation; Kinetic control; Leaching; Radiolysis; Thermodynamic control; Zirconolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649107914     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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