Rock mechanics for siting radioactive waste repositories in hard rock

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 23-26

  Stephansson, O ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SITE SELECTION; THERMAL ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES; GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INTEGRATED STRATEGY; MECHANICAL PROCESS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; REPOSITORY DESIGN;

ROCKS;

EID: 35948971760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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