Volcanic risk assessment at Yucca Mountain, NV, USA: Integration of geophysics, geology and modeling

Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities

Volumn 9780521887977, Issue , 2009, Pages 452-480

  Valentine, G A ^a   Perry, F V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; LANDFORMS; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; VOLCANOES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; LICENSE APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; THEORETICAL APPROACH; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954144101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511635380.020     Document Type: Chapter

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