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Immobilization of U3O8 in borosilicate glass in an induction melter with a cold crucible

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Main Science Center of the Russian Federation — A A. Bochvar All-Russia Scientific-Research Institute of Standardization in Machine Engineering. Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits. Petrography. Mineralogy, and Geochemistry Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol 84, No 3, pp. 230–236, March. 1998.

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Matyunin, Y.I., Yudintsev, S.V. Immobilization of U3O8 in borosilicate glass in an induction melter with a cold crucible. At Energy 84, 173–178 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02412700

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