Vitrification of legacy and intermediate level radioactive wastes: Opportunities and challenges

Nuclear Future

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 250-254

  Bingham, Paul A ^a   Connelly, Andrew J ^a   Hand, Russel J ^a   Hyatt, Neil C ^a  

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