An overview of Task 6 of the Aspö Task Force: Modelling groundwater and solute transport: Improved understanding of radionuclide transport in fractured rock

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1035-1049

  Hodgkinson, David ^a   Benabderrahmane, Hakim ^b   Elert, Mark ^c   Hautojärvi, Aimo ^d   Selroos, Jan Olof ^e   Tanaka, Yasuharu ^f   Uchida, Masahiro ^g  

^a QUINTESSA LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b ANDRA   (France)

^c Kemakta Konsult AB   (Sweden)

^d POSIVA OY   (Finland)

^e SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

^f CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

sp Task Force; Fractured rocks; Numerical modelling; Solute transport; Sweden

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REPOSITORY; RETENTION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649391046     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0416-9     Document Type: Review

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