Simulation of infiltration at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 98-105

  Hadgu, Teklu ^a   Price, Laura ^a   Vaughn, Palmer ^a   Stein, Josh ^a   Levitt, Daniel ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ARID CLIMATES; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; FIELD DATA; GROUND SURFACES; INFILTRATION MODELS; LAS VEGAS; MODELING APPROACH; MONTE CARLO; MULTIPLE LAYERS; NYE COUNTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PROBABILISTIC SIMULATION METHODS; RICHARD'S EQUATION; SHORT PERIODS; SOIL INFILTRATION; SOIL LAYER; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; SPECIFIC SITES; SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEPAGE; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER VAPOR;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 80051995475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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