Transient thermal response in nuclear waste repositories

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-316

  Avila, R ^a,b   Cervantes, J ^b   Estrada Gasca, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSIENTS;

HIGH LEVEL WASTE; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; THERMAL RESPONSE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 0033745747     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00311-8     Document Type: Article

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