KURT, a small-scale underground research laboratory for the research on a high-level waste disposal

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-140

  Cho, Won Jin ^a   Kwon, Sangki ^a   Park, Jung Hwa ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DRILLING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

BOREHOLE DRILLING; REPOSITORY BARRIERS; SEISMIC REFRACTION; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 36148939445     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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