The impact of natural convection on near-field TH processes in the fractured rock at Yucca Mountain

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 143-150

  Birkholzer, J T ^a   Halecky, N ^a,c   Webb, S W ^b   Peterson, P F ^c   Bodvarsson, G S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT TUNNELS; FRACTURED ROCKS; GAS FLOWS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL DOMAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCKS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33847232258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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