Evaluation of the Impact of Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical Couplings in Bentonite and Near-Field Rock Barriers of a Nuclear Waste Repository in Sparsely Fractured Hard Rock

Elsevier Geo-Engineering Book Series

Volumn 2, Issue C, 2004, Pages 217-223

  Rutqvist, J ^a,b   Chijimatsu, M ^c   Jing, L ^b   Millard, A ^d   Nguyen, T S ^e   Rejeb, A ^f   Sugita, Y ^g   Tsang, C F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Hazama Corporation   (Japan)

^d DIF   (France)

^e CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

^f INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^g JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 77957044263     PISSN: 15719960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-9960(04)80044-2     Document Type: Chapter

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