Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for the early failure scenario classes in the 2008 performance assessment for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 310-338

  Hansen, C W ^a   Behie, G A ^b   Bier, A ^a   Brooks, K M ^c   Chen, Y ^d   Helton, J C ^a   Hommel, S P ^e   Lee, K P ^f   Lester, B ^e   Mattie, P D ^a   Mehta, S ^g   Miller, S P ^a   Sallaberry, C J ^a   Sevougian, S D ^a   Vo, P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b AREVA Resources Canada Inc   (Canada)

^c SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY   (United States)

^d Navarro Intera   (United States)

^e Savannah River Remediation LLC   (United States)

^f AREVA NP   (France)

^g INTERA Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Early drip shield failure; Early failure scenario classes; Early waste package failure; Performance assessment; Radioactive waste disposal; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DRIP SHIELD; EARLY FAILURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTE PACKAGE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84887186693     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.029     Document Type: Article

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