The effect of unheated sections on moisture transport in the emplacement drift

Proceedings of the 11th International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 40-47

  Danko, G ^a   Bahrami, D ^a   Birkholzer, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATE DISTRIBUTIONS; EMPLACEMENT DRIFT; IN-DRIFT AIRSPACE; ROCKMASS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33847178758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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