Radionuclide transport simulation and uncertainty analyses with the saturated-zone site-scale model at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 401-419

  Arnold, B W ^a   Kuzio, S P ^a   Robinson, B A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater transport; Model; Particle tracking; Radionuclide; Saturated zone; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SATURATED ZONES (SZ);

RADIOISOTOPES;

GROUND WATER; RADIOISOTOPE;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; SATURATED MEDIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; PHREATIC ZONE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ADVECTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCALE UP; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 17044457452     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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