Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis results obtained in the 1992 performance assessment for the waste isolation pilot plant

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-100

  Helton, J C ^b   Anderson, D R ^a   Baker, B L ^c   Bean, J E ^d   Berglund, J W ^d   Beyeler, W ^e   Economy, K ^f   Garner, J W ^g   Hora, S C ^h   Iuzzolino, H J ^e   Knupp, P ^f   Marietta, M G ^a   Rath, J ^d   Rechard, R P ^a   Roache, P J ^f   Rudeen, D K ^d   Salari, K ^f   Schreiber, J D ^e   Swift, P N ^a   Tierney, M S ^a   Vaughn, P ^a   more..

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Technadyne Engineering Consultants   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Ecodynamics Research Associates   (United States)

^g Applied Physics Inc   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PILOT PLANTS; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 16144365257     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(95)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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