Published July 1978 | Version v1
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Nuclear waste vitrification

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The first industrial facility of vitrification started at Marcoule, last June. The principle of the continuous nuclear waste vitrification envisaged by France is briefly recalled together with both main functions of this vitrification: waste compaction and radioactivity confinement in time

Abstract (French)

La premiere installation industrielle de vitrification a demarre a Marcoule en juin dernier. On rappelle rapidement le principe de la vitrification en continue des dechets nucleaires envisagee par la France, et les deux fonctions principales de cette vitrification: la compaction des dechets et le confinement de la radioactivite dans le temps

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Original title (French)
La vitrification des dechets nucleaires

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Recherche (Paris)
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
91
Series
Recherche (Paris).
Journal Page Range
698-702

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
10463767
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; VITRIFICATION
Descriptors DEC
MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING