Site-descriptive modelling for a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Sweden

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1045-1060

  Andersson, Johan ^a   Skagius, Kristina ^a   Winberg, Anders ^b   Lindborg, Tobias ^a   Ström, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

^b Conterra AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Integrated; Safety assessment; Site description; Site investigation; Spent fuel; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SITE DESCRIPTION; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SAFE HANDLING; SPENT FUELS;

DESIGN;

BEDROCK; DATA ACQUISITION; DESIGN; NUCLEAR POWER; REPOSITORY; SAFETY; SITE INVESTIGATION;

FORSMARK; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 84877644544     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2226-1     Document Type: Article

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