Geoscientific R&D for high level radioactive waste disposal in Sweden - Current status and future plans

Engineering Geology

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 305-317

  Ericsson, Lars O ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

; Geological disposal; Hard Rock Laboratory (HRL); Nuclear waste disposal; Sp ; Svensk k rnbr nslehantering AB (SKB)

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; ROCKS; SWELLING;

BEDROCK MECHANICAL STABILITY; CHEMICALLY STABLE ENVIRONMENT; GEOSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0032968417     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(99)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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