Final storage of radioactive cesium by pollucite hydrothermal synthesis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yokomori, Yoshinobu ^a   Asazuki, Kazuhito ^a   Kamiya, Natsumi ^a   Yano, Yudai ^a   Akamatsu, Koki ^a   Toda, Tetsuya ^a   Aruga, Atsushi ^a   Kaneo, Yoshiaki ^b   Matsuoka, Seiko ^b   Nishi, Koji ^a   Matsumoto, Satoshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b Zero Sum Earth Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84894703684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04195     Document Type: Article

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