Performance assessment for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Helton, J C ^a   Hansen, C W ^a   Swift, P N ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LICENSE APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ENGINEERING; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 84887837391     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.041     Document Type: Editorial

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