Overview of scientific investigations at Yucca Mountain - The potential repository for high-level nuclear waste

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 3-24

  Bodvarsson, G S ^a   Boyle, W ^b   Patterson, R ^b   Williams, D ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Radioactive waste; Repository safety strategy; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

YUCCA;

EID: 0032942202     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(99)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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