Criticality safety assessment for a conceptual high-levelwaste repository in watersaturated geologic media

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-318

  Ahn, Joonhong ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocatalytic criticality; Deep geologic disposal; Vitrified high level waste

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GRANITE; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; RADIOISOTOPES; SPENT FUELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; URANIUM;

CRITICALITY SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 0032635371     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A2976     Document Type: Article

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