Pyroprocessing flowsheets for recycling used nuclear fuel

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-334

  Williamson, M A ^a   Willit, J L ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemical processing; Nuclear fuel reprocessing; Pyrochemical processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052149093     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/NET.2011.43.4.329     Document Type: Article

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