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Performance Assessments of Nuclear Waste Repositories: A Dialogue on Their Value and Limitations
dc.contributor.authorEwing, Rodney C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTierney, Martin S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKonikow, Leonard F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRechard, Rob P.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T20:35:34Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T20:35:34Z
dc.date.issued1999-10en_US
dc.identifier.citationEwing, Rodney C.; Tierney, Martin S.; Konikow, Leonard F.; Rechard, Rob P. (1999). "Performance Assessments of Nuclear Waste Repositories: A Dialogue on Their Value and Limitations." Risk Analysis 19(5): 933-958. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73700>en_US
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dc.identifier.issn1539-6924en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights1999 Society for Risk Analysisen_US
dc.subject.otherCompliance Certification Applicationen_US
dc.subject.otherEngineering Analysisen_US
dc.subject.otherGeochemistryen_US
dc.subject.otherGeohydrologyen_US
dc.subject.otherPerformance Assessmenten_US
dc.subject.otherProbabilistic Systems Analysisen_US
dc.subject.otherRadioactive Wasteen_US
dc.subject.otherScientific Validityen_US
dc.subject.otherUncertaintyen_US
dc.subject.other40 CFR 191en_US
dc.titlePerformance Assessments of Nuclear Waste Repositories: A Dialogue on Their Value and Limitationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumNuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2104.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NewMexico 87185-1328.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherU.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, Reston, Virginia20192.en_US
dc.identifier.pmid10765440en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73700/1/j.1539-6924.1999.tb00452.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1539-6924.1999.tb00452.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceRisk Analysisen_US
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