Uncertainties in coupled thermal-hydrological processes associated with the Drift Scale Test at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 595-612

  Mukhopadhyay, S ^a   Tsang, Y W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled processes; Drift Scale Test; Fractured rock; Hydrological; Radioactive waste; Thermal; Uncertainty; Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DRIFT SCALE TEST (DST);

HYDROLOGY;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; THERMODYNAMICS; TUFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEATING; HYDROLOGY; MASS; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES; VAPOR;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037394533     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00186-9     Document Type: Article

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