Site selection and regulatory basis 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 7-31

  Rechard, Rob P ^a   Cotton, Thomas A ^b   Voegele, Michael D ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Complex Systems Group ^*  (United States)

^c not available   (United States)

Author keywords

High level radioactive waste; Performance assessment; Radiation protection standards; Radioactive waste repository; Site selection; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SITE SELECTION;

HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 84887253990     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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