In-drift natural convection analysis of the low-temperature operating mode design

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-124

  Itamura, Michael T ^a   Francis Jr , Nicholas D ^a   Webb, Stephen W ^a   James, Darryl L ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Waste package temperature; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

WASTE PACKAGE TEMPERATURE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 9644279651     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3552     Document Type: Article

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