A spectroscopic study of uranium species formed in chloride melts

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 595-598

  Volkovich, Vladimir A ^a   Bhatt, Anand I ^a   May, Iain ^a   Griffiths, Trevor R ^b   Thied, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkali metal chloride melts; Alkali metal uranates; Chlorination; Dissolution; Electronic absorption spectroscopy; Solubility; Uranium; Uranium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010576768     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2002.10875538     Document Type: Article

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