Publisher's Synopsis
Concentrating on nuclear materials and radioactive metals research, this book provides a state-of-the-art update of all aspects of recovery, purification, intermediate processing, materials handling, waste and residue processing, waste-form requirements, disposal, materials properties, thermochemical information, fuel considerations, properties of metal, alloys and ceramics, analytical and assaying technologies. It is derived from a collection of papers from the 1994 TMS Annual Meeting, held in San Francisco, California, February 27 to March 3, 1994.