Treatment of uncertainty in performance assessments for the geological disposal of radioactive waste

Geological Repository Systems for Safe Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuels and Radioactive Waste

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 547-579

  Helton, J C ^a   Sallaberry, C J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleatory uncertainty; Epistemic uncertainty; Performance assessment; Radioactive waste disposal; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; GEOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALEATORY AND EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROPAGATION OF UNCERTAINTIES; SAMPLING-BASED METHOD; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650836092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845699789.4.547     Document Type: Chapter

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