The distribution of zeolites and their effects on the performance of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, U.S.A

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 11-12 PART 2, 2003, Pages 1889-1902

  Bish, David L ^a   Vaniman, David T ^a   Chipera, Steve J ^a   Carey, J William ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CORE DRILLING; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICA; ZEOLITES;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; QUANTITATIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE;

MINERALOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER CONTENT; ZEOLITE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0346462892     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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