Yucca mountain 2008 performance assessment: Conceptual structure and computational organization

American Nuclear Society - 12th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 524-532

  Helton, J C ^a   Hansen, C W ^a   Sallaberry, C J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LICENSE APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; SEISMIC EVENT; TOTAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA; YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CORROSION RESISTANCE; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70449119701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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