SACSESS – the EURATOM FP7 project on actinide separation from spent nuclear fuels
By: Stéphane Bourg, Andreas Geist and Jerzy Narbutt
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0152 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 (formerly 0029-5922) | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
Language: English
Page range: 809 - 814
Submitted on: Oct 9, 2015
Accepted on: Oct 9, 2015
Published on: Dec 30, 2015
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
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