Relationship among performance of geologic repositories, canister-array configuration, and radionuclide mass in waste

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 94-112

  Ahn, Joonhóng ^a   Kawasaki, Daisuke ^a   Chambré, Paul L ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

Canister multiplicity; Radionuclide mass reduction effects; Repository performance measures

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOISOTOPES;

REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 0036772818     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT02-A3326     Document Type: Article

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