Importance measures for nuclear waste repositories

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-239

  Eisenberg, N A ^a,c   Sagar, B ^b  

^a U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION SHIELDING; RELIABILITY; RISKS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

IMPORTANCE ANALYSIS; IMPORTANCE MEASURES; RADIATION SAFETY SYSTEM;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 0034561506     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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