A critical evaluation of the 1992 performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 168, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 325-338

  Lee, William W L ^a,b  

^a Environmental Evaluation Group   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0010079197     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(96)01358-1     Document Type: Article

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