Site characterization of the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-52

  Rechard, Rob P ^a   Liu, Hui Hai ^b   Tsang, Yvonne W ^b   Finsterle, Stefan ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High level radioactive waste; Performance assessment; Radioactive waste repository; Site characterization; Spent nuclear fuel; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL TESTING;

HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 84887238899     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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