Radionuclide and colloid transport in the Culebra Dolomite and associated complementary cumulative distribution functions in the 1996 performance assessment for the waste isolation pilot plant

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 397-420

  Ramsey, J L ^a   Blaine, R ^b   Garner, J W ^c   Helton, J C ^a,d   Johnson, J D ^e   Smith, L N ^f   Wallace, M ^g  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Ecodynamics Research Associates   (United States)

^c Piru Associates   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GRAM Incorporated   (United States)

^f Comforce ^*  (United States)

^g Plus Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PILOT PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; COLLOID TRANSPORT; COMPLEMENTARY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS (CCDF); EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PA); SUBJECTIVE UNCERTAINTY;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0342584232     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00040-5     Document Type: Article

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