Materials performance issues for high-level radioactive waste packages

JOM

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 30-33

  Bullen, D B ^a   Sagues A A ^b   Craig, P P ^c   Di Bella, C A W ^d   Severson, K D ^d  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT VESSELS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PERFORMANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPENT FUELS;

HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE PACKAGES; MATERIALS PERFORMANCE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 0342955761     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-000-0184-z     Document Type: Article

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