Can we use tracer tests to obtain data for performance assessment of repositories for nuclear waste?

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1067-1080

  Moreno, Luis ^a   Crawford, James ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

sp Task Force; Fractured rock; Performance assessment; Site characterisation; Sweden

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REPOSITORY; RESIDENCE TIME; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TRACER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649394367     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0418-7     Document Type: Article

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