Phytoremediation options for radioactively contaminated sites evaluated

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 596-606

  Vandenhove, Hildegarde ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Phytomanagement; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SITES; DECONTAMINATION ACTIVITY; IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOMANAGEMENT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RESEARCH PURPOSE;

BIOREMEDIATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

DECONTAMINATION;

EID: 84886729895     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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