High-level nuclear waste: The status of Yucca Mountain

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue , 1999, Pages 461-486

  Craig, Paul P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPENT FUELS;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VIABILITY ASSESSMENT;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0033316463     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.24.1.461     Document Type: Article

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