Influence of hydrologic heterogeneity on thermal-hydrologic behavior in emplacement drifts

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 729-736

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

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT DRIFTS; FRACTURE NETWORKS; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; THERMAL-HYDROLOGIC MODELS;

BOILING LIQUIDS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK MECHANICS; THERMAL LOAD;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

EID: 33847212138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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