Behavior of 238 pu-doped ceramics based on cubic zirconia and pyrochlore under radiation damage

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 733-736

  Burakov, Boris ^a   Anderson, Evgeniy ^a   Yagovkina, Maria ^a   Zamdryanskaya, Maria ^a   Nikolaeva, Elena ^a  

^a KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crystalline ceramics; Plutonium; Pyrochlore; Radiation damage; XRD analysis; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010568245     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2002.10875571     Document Type: Article

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