Direct releases to the surface and associated complementary cumulative distribution functions in the 1996 performance assessment for the waste isolation pilot plant: Cuttings, cavings and spallings

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 305-330

  Berglund, J W ^a   Garner, J W ^b   Helton, J C ^c,f   Johnson, J D ^d   Smith, L N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Piru Associates   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GRAM Incorporated   (United States)

^e Comforce ^*  (United States)

^f SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PILOT PLANTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPALLING;

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; CAVINGS; COMPLEMENTARY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS (CCDF); HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PA); TRANSURANIC WASTES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0342584233     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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