Impact of landscape topography and quaternary overburden on the performance of a geological repository of nuclear waste

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-179

  Marklund, Lars ^a   Wörman, Anders ^a   Geier, Joel ^b   Simic, Eva ^c   Dverstorp, Björn ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Clearwater Hardrock Consulting   (United States)

^c Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nuclear waste repository; Quaternary overburden; Topography

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TOPOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; QUATERNARY OVERBURDEN; RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; SORPTION PROPERTIES; UNDERGROUND REPOSITORIES;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 50549091633     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT08-A3979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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