Modeling the effects of the engineered barriers of a radioactive waste repository by Monte Carlo simulation

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 473-496

  Marseguerra, Marzio ^a   Zio, Enrico ^a   Patelli, Edoardo ^a   Giacobbo, Francesca ^a   Risoluti, Piero ^b   Ventura, Giancarlo ^b   Mingrone, Giorgio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 0037332710     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(02)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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