Multiscale thermohydrologic model supporting the license application for the Yucca Mountain repository

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 737-746

  Buscheck, Thomas A ^a   Sun, Yunwei ^a   Hao, Yue ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT TUNNELS; MULTISCALE THERMOHYDROLOGIC MODEL (MSTHM); THERMAL-HYDROLOGIC (TH) CONDITIONS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33847196127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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