The effect of geological parameters on radiation damage in rock salt: Application to rock salt repositories

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-336

  De Las Cuevas, Carles ^a   Miralles, Lourdes ^a,b,c   Pueyo, Juan José ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Univ Autònoma de Barcelona ^*

Author keywords

Radiation damage; Rock salt; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDROGEN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

JAIN-LIDIARD MODEL; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; ROCK SALT; ROCK SALT REPOSITORIES;

RADIATION DAMAGE;

EID: 0030168438     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT96-A35237     Document Type: Article

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