Three-dimensional thermal analysis of in-floor type nuclear waste repository for a ceramic waste form

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-109

  Sizgek, G Devlet ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GRANITE; REACTOR CORES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CERAMIC WASTES; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES (HLW); IN-FLOOR DISPOSALS; REACTOR DISCHARGES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 11144221226     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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