Pressure building during the early stages of gas production in a radioactive waste repository

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Bonin, Bernard ^a   Colin, Michel ^a   Dutfoy, Anne ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDROGEN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PRESSURE BUILDING;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE;

EID: 0034274381     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3115(00)00184-7     Document Type: Article

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