Development of the conceptual models for chemical conditions and hydrology used in the 1996 performance assessment for the waste isolation pilot plant

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-86

  Larson, K W ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PILOT PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0343018443     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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222. Figure courtesy Davies PB, Sandia National Laboratories.
223. Figure courtesy McKenna SA, Sandia National Laboratories.
224. Figure courtesy of Davies PB, Meigs LC, Altman SJ, Sandia National Laboratories.