Calculation of the effect of gaseous thermodiffusion and thermogravitation processes on the relative humidity surrounding a high level nuclear waste canister

Waste Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-198

  Vidal, O ^a   Murphy, W M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HUMIDITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR WASTE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033005672     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(99)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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