A modeling study evaluating the thermal-hydrological conditions in and near waste emplacement drifts at Yucca Mountain

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-164

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

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractured rock; Natural convection; Vapor

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; VAPORS;

EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENERGY TRANSPORT PROCESS; FRACTURED FORMATIONS; FRACTURED ROCK; GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION;

ROCKS;

EID: 50549102192     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT08-A3978     Document Type: Conference Paper

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