CA1131004A - Verre moleculaire pour l'encapsulage des dechets nucleaires - Google Patents

Verre moleculaire pour l'encapsulage des dechets nucleaires

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Publication number: CA1131004A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: melt; glass; block; waste; radioactive waste
Prior art date: 1978-11-18
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA339,896A

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English (en)

Inventor

Richard C. Ropp

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1978-11-18

Filing date

1979-11-15

Publication date

1982-09-07

1979-11-15 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

1982-09-07 Application granted granted Critical

1982-09-07 Publication of CA1131004A publication Critical patent/CA1131004A/fr

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CA339,896A 1978-11-18 1979-11-15 Verre moleculaire pour l'encapsulage des dechets nucleaires Expired CA1131004A (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US964,120		1978-11-18
US96412078A	1978-11-28	1978-11-28

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