Review of yucca mountain disposal criticality studies

13th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference 2011, IHLRWMC 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 800-810

  Scaglione, J M ^a   Wagner, J C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION MODELS; BURN UP; COMMERCIAL REACTOR; CONTROL STUDIES; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; CRITICALITY ANALYSIS; DEEP GEOLOGIC REPOSITORIES; FUEL CYCLE; GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL; LICENSE APPLICATIONS; LOADING CURVES; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; TECHNICAL STUDY; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; WASTE PACKAGE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); ENERGY CONVERSION; FUELS; LANDFORMS; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; PLANNING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE ENCAPSULATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SPENT FUELS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 80051986622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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