Geoscience and high-level nuclear waste disposal: The Nordic scene

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-175

  Milnes, Alan Geoffrey ^a   Stephens, Michael B ^b   Wahlgren, Carl Henric ^b   Wikström, Liisa ^c  

^a GEA Consulting   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c POSIVA OY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEEP DRILLING; MIGMATITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 44649187979     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2008/v31i1/023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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