Conceptual basis for the definition and calculation of expected dose in performance assessments for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 677-698

  Helton, Jon C ^a   Sallaberry, Cedric J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

10 CFR Parts 2,19,20, etc.; 40 CFR Part 197; Aleatory uncertainty; Epistemic uncertainty; Expected dose; Performance assessment; Radioactive waste disposal; Uncertainty analysis; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY POLICY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LANDFORMS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE ENCAPSULATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

10 CFR PARTS 2,19,20, ETC.; 40 CFR PART 197; ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; EXPECTED DOSE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 57649233609     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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