Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for gas and brine migration at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Permeable shaft without panel seals

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-316

  Helton, J C ^a   Bean, J E ^b   Butcher, B M ^c   Garner, J W ^d   Schreiber, J D ^e   Swift, P N ^c   Vaughn, P ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Applied Physics Inc   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BRINES; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEEL CORROSION;

ANHYDRITE MARKER BEDS; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP);

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0031221989     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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