Rock mechanics activities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1455-1462

  Francke, Chris ^a   Saeb, Saeid ^b  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b KTech Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; PILOT PLANTS; ROCK MECHANICS;

MECHANICS MODELING; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANTS; WESTINGHOUSE;

ROCKS;

EID: 0343073968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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