A model for container performance in an unsaturated repository

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-44

  Bullen, Daniel B ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance assessment modeling; Radioactive waste management; Waste containers

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON STEEL; CONTAINERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL LOAD;

CONTAINER DESIGN; CONTAINMENT BARRIER SYSTEM; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FAILURE DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TRANSFER MODE; POWER DENSITY; UNSATURATED REPOSITORY;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 0029754984     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt96-a35197     Document Type: Article

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