Glassy and Glass Composite Nuclear Wasteforms

Advances in Materials Science for Environmental and Nuclear Technology II

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

Glass composite; Immobilization; Nuclear wasteforms; Vitrification; Wasteform durability

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; DURABILITY; GLASS; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; VITRIFICATION;

CURRENT STATUS; GLASS COMPOSITES; IMMOBILISATION; NUCLEAR WASTEFORMS; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; WASTEFORM;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84881435889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118144527.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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