Developments in the partitioning and transmutation of radioactive waste

Advanced Separation Techniques for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Radioactive Waste Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 363-376

  Warin, Dominique M ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Cross section; Fuel; Irradiation test; Minor actinides; Neutron energy; Radioactive waste; Transmutation

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUELING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY;

CROSS SECTION; IRRADIATION TEST; MINOR ACTINIDE; NEUTRON ENERGY; TRANSMUTATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84903036348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857092274.3.363     Document Type: Chapter

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