Hazards and scenarios examined 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 74-95

  Rechard, Rob P ^a   Freeze, Geoff A ^a   Perry, Frank V ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High level radioactive waste; Performance assessment; Radioactive waste disposal; Scenario development; Spent nuclear fuel; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SOLVENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 84887320670     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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