Geological storage of high level nuclear waste

KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 721-737

  Kim, Jin Seop ^a   Kwon, Sang Ki ^a   Sanchez, Marcelo ^b   Cho, Gye Chun ^c  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

coupled THMG modeling; deep geological disposal; excavation damaged zone; gas migration; self sealing healing; spent nuclear fuel

Indexed keywords

COUPLED THMG MODELING; DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; GAS MIGRATION; SELF-SEALING/HEALING; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCAVATION; FUELS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 79953681627     PISSN: 12267988     EISSN: 19763808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12205-011-0012-8     Document Type: Article

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