Influence of dose rate on the radiolytic stability of a BTBP solvent for actinide(III)/lanthanide(III) separation

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 319-324

  Fermvik, A ^a   Ekberg, C ^a   Englund, S ^b   Foreman, M R S J ^a   Modolo, G ^c   Retegan, T ^a   Skamemark, G ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b OKG AB ^*  (Sweden)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 67651103055     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2009.1615     Document Type: Article

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