Dielectric properties of uranium and plutonium nitrate solution and the oxide compounds formed in the de-nitration process by the microwave heating method

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 857-862

  Kato, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kurita, Tsutomu ^a   Abe, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; Maxwell Wagner effect; Microwave heating method; MOX UO3; Perturbation method; Reflection method; U Pu nitrate solution; U3O8; UO3

Indexed keywords

LIGHT WATER REACTORS (LWR); MAXWELL-WAGNER EFFECT; PERTURBATION METHOD; REFLECTION METHOD;

DENITRIFICATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE HEATING; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLUTONIUM; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

URANIUM;

EID: 6344293678     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2004.9715557     Document Type: Article

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