Vitrification of UK intermediate level radioactive wastes arising from site decommissioning: Property modelling and selection of candidate host glass compositions

Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 83-100

  Bingham, P A ^a,b   Hyatt, N C ^a   Hand, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS COMPOSITIONS; GLASS HOSTS; HIGH ORGANIC; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTES; MGO; SELECTION CRITERIA; SULPHUR CONTENT;

DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); GLASS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SITE SELECTION; SODIUM; WASTE TREATMENT;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84865223382     PISSN: 00171050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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