Characterization of the Insoluble Sludge from the Dissolution of Irradiated Fast Breeder Reactor Fuel Procedia Chemistry 21 ( 2016 ) 279 – 284 1876 6196 © 2016 The Authors Published by Elsevier B V Th[.]
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