Performance assessment for the waste isolation pilot plant: From regulation to calculation for 40 CFR 191.13

Operations Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-177

  Helton, J C ^a   Anderson, D R ^b   Marietta, M G ^b   Rechard, R P ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PILOT PLANTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP);

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0031101281     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.45.2.157     Document Type: Article

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