Long-Term Passive Ventilation at Yucca Mountain: Evidence from Natural Analogues

Radwaste Solutions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 31-37

  Stuckless, John S ^a   Toomey III, Rickard S ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kartchner Caverns State Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR DENSITY; NATURAL VENTILATION;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SOILS;

VENTILATION;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

YUCCA;

EID: 1642286838     PISSN: 15294900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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