Suction and water uptake in unsaturated compacted bentonite

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 520-526

  Lee, Jae Owan ^a   Cho, Won Jin ^a   Kwon, Sangki ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buffer; High level radioactive waste repository; Suction; Unsaturated compacted bentonite; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; COMPACTED BENTONITE; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SUCTION; WATER UPTAKE;

BENTONITE; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 78751613113     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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