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Reprocessability of molybdenum and magnesia based inert matrix fuels

Nukleonika
Volume 60 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0124 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
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Language: English
Page range: 871 - 878
Submitted on: Jun 19, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 15, 2015
Published on: Dec 30, 2015
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
CERCER,
CERMET,
dissolution,
inert matrix fuels (IMF),
liquid-liquid extraction,
minor actinides,
reprocessing
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Nuclear chemistry,
Physics,
Astronomy and astrophysics,
Physics, other

© 2015 Elena L. Ebert, Andrey Bukaemskiy, Fabian Sadowski, Steve Lange, Andreas Wilden, Giuseppe Modolo, published by Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
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