Evaluation of repository concepts for the disposal of spent fuel on the basis of geotechnical safety indicators and exploration data

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-210

  Langer, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Wallner, Manfred ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Fed Inst Geosci and Nat Rsrc   (Germany)

^d Eng Geol and Geoengineering Div   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disposal of spent fuel; Gorleben exploration data; Safety indicator

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CREEP; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK MECHANICS; SPENT FUELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIRECT DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL SAFETY INDICATORS; SALT DOMES;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 0031996997     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt98-a2832     Document Type: Review

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