Performance assessment model development and analysis of radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone, Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 249-268

  Robinson, Bruce A ^a   Li, Chunhong ^b   Ho, Clifford K ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Radionuclide transport; Total System Performance Assessment; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

UNSATURATED ZONES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; MODELING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

FRACTURE FLOW; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REPOSITORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037394664     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00166-3     Document Type: Article

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