Material Aspect of Sustainable Nuclear Waste Management
1. Introduction
2. Materials for Nuclear Waste Management
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Petrov, V.A.; Ojovan, M.I.; Yudintsev, S.V. Material Aspect of Sustainable Nuclear Waste Management. Sustainability 2023, 15, 11934. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511934
Petrov VA, Ojovan MI, Yudintsev SV. Material Aspect of Sustainable Nuclear Waste Management. Sustainability. 2023; 15(15):11934. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511934
Chicago/Turabian StylePetrov, Vladislav A., Michael I. Ojovan, and Sergey V. Yudintsev. 2023. "Material Aspect of Sustainable Nuclear Waste Management" Sustainability 15, no. 15: 11934. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511934