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ATOM INDONESIA JOURNAL

Author’s Response toward Associate Editor's Report

Article No. : #541

Title of Paper : Interaction of ¹³⁷Cs With Sumedang Clay As Natural Barrier of Radioactive

Waste Disposal

Comment on Descriptions Criteria Evaluation

Associate editor's evaluation

Author’s Response

Yes No Comments

1. Originality of the article

 Free of Plagiarism/Similarity

(max 20%) √ Clear, no plagiarism

 New article/not yet Published (presented/ in proceeding max 30%)

√ Clear, no similar topic found.

2. Related to nuclear/atomic

science and technology √ Yes

3. Reference

 The number of references at

least 10 √ Yes

 The use of recent references

80% (maximum 5 years ago) √ No Has been revised

 Type of the references

(primarily, secondary etc.) 85%

from journal

√

Yes

 Cross link reference (traceable) √ Yes

 Reference style standard:

Elsevier numeric without title √ No Has been revised

 When reference has more than 3 Authors, write only 3 names, et al.

√

No Has been revised

 Article follows the Atom Indonesia template and guidelines

√ Yes

 Table (clear, without vertical

line) √ Yes

 Figure (clear, min 300 dpi) √ Yes

Final recommendation:

1. Continue review process [ ] 2. Return to the Author [ √ ] 3. Reject [ ]

Comments:

The paper contains very simple experiment and limited number of specimens. Only two samples were examines without any explanation the grandeur of Sumedang clay compared to that from Subang, Kerawang, Tuban, Serpong, etc. already investigated.

It will become an interesting paper if the author includes data from Subang, Kerawang, Serpong, Tuban, etc. already researched into the discussion section. It will be exhibited which clay could be promoted as the best barrier clay.

Has been revised

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Suggestion: Please include your previous data obtained from other places (Subang, Tuban, Kerawang, Serpong, etc.) and other similar data from other researchers (if any) into your discussion section.