Characterization of high active waste (155GWd/Te) arising from fast reactor fuel reprocessing

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 843-849

  Venkatesan, K A ^a   Kumaresan, R ^a   Antony, M P ^a   Kumar, T ^a   Srinivasan, T G ^a   Vasudeva Rao, P R ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Americium; Characterization; Fission products; Gamma spectrometry; High active waste; ICP AES; Plutonium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871257738     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2012.1972     Document Type: Article

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