Characterization of stochastic uncertainty in the 1996 performance assessment for the waste isolation pilot plant

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-189

  Helton, J C ^a,b   Davis, F J ^b   Johnson, J D ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GRAM Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PILOT PLANTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; COMPLEMENTARY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (CCDF); EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC UNCERTAINTY; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANTS (WIPP);

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0342584236     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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