Modeling thermal-hydrological response of the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to thermal load at a potential repository

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 529-552

  Haukwa, C B ^a   Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Bodvarsson, G S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift ventilation; Liquid reflux; Radioactive waste disposal; Thermal and moisture distribution; Thermal hydrological behavior; Unsaturated zone flow and transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; HYDROLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; VENTILATION;

LIQUID FLUX;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; VADOSE ZONE; VENTILATION;

ARTICLE; FLUID FLOW; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGY; MODEL; MOISTURE; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037393785     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00188-2     Document Type: Article

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