Long term evolution of spent nuclear fuel in long term storage or geological disposal. New findings from the French PRECCI RandD program and implications for the definition of the RN source term in geological repository

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 473-476

  Poinssot, Christophe ^a   Toulhoat, Pierre ^a   Gras, Jean Marie ^b   Vitorge, Pierre ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Geological disposal; Long term behaviour; Long term storage; Nuclear waste; Spent nuclear fuel

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010506485     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2002.10875509     Document Type: Article

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