Flow modeling in heterogeneous media in the context of geologic nuclear waste repositories

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 443-454

  Sagar, Budhi ^a  

^a Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HETEROGENEOUS GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 0030194197     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE96-A24207     Document Type: Article

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