Numerical study of nuclide migration in a nonuniform horizontal flow field of a high-level radioactive waste repository with multiple canisters

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-245

  Lim, Doo Hyun ^a,b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow and transport; Geological radioactive waste disposal; Repository performance assessment

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CANISTER; FLOW FIELD; NUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 33751370304     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT06-A3787     Document Type: Article

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