Crystal chemistry of immobilization of fast breeder reactor (FBR) simulated waste in sodium zirconium phosphate (NZP) ceramic matrix

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Chourasia, Rashmi ^a   Shrivastava, O P ^a   Ambashta, R D ^b   Wattal, P K ^b  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PRODUCTS; BOND STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATRIX; CERAMIC ROUTE; EDX ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE VALENCE; FAST BREEDER REACTORS; GENERAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; HOST MATERIALS; MATRIX; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; POWDER DIFFRACTION; RADIO-NUCLIDES; RECTANGULAR PARALLELEPIPEDS; SEM; SIMULATED WASTES; SODIUM-ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATES; SPACE GROUPS; STEP ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORKS; WASTE FORMS;

BREEDER REACTORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FAST REACTORS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PHOSPHATES; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RIETVELD METHOD; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

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EID: 74449092336     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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