Long-term performance of the proposed Yucca mountain repository, USA

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1124, Issue , 2009, Pages 3-14

  Swift, Peter N ^a   Knowles, Kathryn ^a   McNeish, Jerry ^a   Hansen, Clifford W ^a   Howard, Robert L ^b   MacKinnon, Robert ^a   Sevougia, S David ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER CAPABILITY; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN INTRUSION; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGIES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES; UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA; YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY;

CORROSION RESISTANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STANDARDIZATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70449337582     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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