Glassy and glass composite nuclear wasteforms

Ceramic Transactions

Volumn 227, Issue , 2011, Pages 203-216

  Ojovan, Michael I ^a   Lee, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT STATUS; GLASS COMPOSITES; IMMOBILISATION; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

GROUNDWATER; MATERIALS SCIENCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

GLASS;

EID: 79961005796     PISSN: 10421122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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