Waste degradation and mobilization in performance assessments for the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-188

  Rechard, Rob P ^a   Stockman, Christine T ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid facilitated transport; High level radioactive waste; Performance assessment; Radionuclide solubility; Waste degradation; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; COLLOIDS; CONTAINERS; LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES;

COLLOID-FACILITATED TRANSPORT; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTE DEGRADATION; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84887227540     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.028     Document Type: Article

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