A biosphere modeling methodology for dose assessments of the potential Yucca Mountain deep geological high level radioactive waste repository

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-367

  Watkins, B M ^a   Smith, G M ^a   Little, R H ^a   Kessler, J ^b  

^a QuantiSci   (United Kingdom)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Dose equivalent; Environmental; Groundwater; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; DOSE CALCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0033062363     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199904000-00003     Document Type: Article

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