Probabilistic safety assessment model for near surface radioactive waste disposal facilities

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 447-460

  Nair, R N ^a   Krishnamoorthy, T M ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Ground water modelling; Near surface disposal; Radioactive waste; Safety assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FACILITIES; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL RADIONUCLIDE DELIVERING MAXIMUM DOSE; GEOSPHERE TRANSPORT; NEAR SURFACE RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; PROBABILITY SAFETY ASSESSMENT; REPOSITORY FAILURE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0032915007     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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