Abstraction of mechanistic sorption model results for performance assessment calculations at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Waste Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 375-388

  Turner, David R ^a   Pabalan, Roberto T ^a  

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

Author keywords

High level radioactive waste repository; Radionuclide transport; Sorption; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; GROUND WATER; MINERAL; MONTMORILLONITE; RADIOISOTOPE;

HYDROCHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REPOSITORY; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032841138     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(99)00198-1     Document Type: Article

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