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Promising Pyrochemical Actinide/Lanthanide Separation Processes Using Aluminum

Olivier ConocarCommissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Valrhô-Marcoule, DEN/DRCP/SCPS/LPP Bât. 399, BP17 171 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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Nicolas DouyereCommissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Valrhô-Marcoule, DEN/DRCP/SCPS/LPP Bât. 399, BP17 171 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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Jean-Paul GlatzEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements P.O. Box 2340, 76125, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Jérôme LacquementCommissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Valrhô-Marcoule, DEN/DRCP/SCPS/LPP Bât. 399, BP17 171 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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Rikard MalmbeckEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements P.O. Box 2340, 76125, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Jérôme SerpEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements P.O. Box 2340, 76125, Karlsruhe, Germany
Pages 253-261 | Published online: 10 Apr 2017

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