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Geological disposal of radioactive waste: underpinning science and technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

N. D. M. Evans
N. D. M. Evans*
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Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 76 , Issue 8 , December 2012 , pp. 2865 - 2871
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