Independent postclosure performance estimates of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-114

  Mohanty, Sitakanta ^a   Codell, Richard Blake ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

High level radioactive waste disposal; Performance assessment; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RISK ANALYSIS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 9444223913     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3551     Document Type: Article

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