Chapter 9 Microbial effects on waste repository materials

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue C, 2002, Pages 255-277

  West, Julia M ^a   McKinley, Ian G ^b   Stroes Gascoyne, Simcha ^c  

^a British Geological Sun'ey Kexworth   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

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EID: 77956677423     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(02)80038-9     Document Type: Article

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