Thermal considerations in a very deep borehole nuclear waste repository for Synroc

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 663, Issue , 2001, Pages 819-826

  Sizgek, G D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COOLING; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GRANITE; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAT PROPAGATION;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 0035783324     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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