Nuclear waste isolation: An urgent international responsibility

Engineering Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 159-161

  Fyfe, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Impermeable mud rocks; International responsibility; Nuclear waste; Seabed

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; REDOX REACTIONS; ROCKS;

IMPERMEABLE MUD ROCKS; INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY; SEABED;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

MUDSTONE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEAFLOOR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0032968562     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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