Exploratory what-if analysis of some debated canister failure modes in the review of a licence application for the construction and operation of a spent nuclear fuel repository in Sweden

Strömberg, Bo; Sonnerfelt, Lena; Öberg, Henrik

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-49-67-2019

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Articles | Volume 49

30 Aug 2019

| 30 Aug 2019

Exploratory what-if analysis of some debated canister failure modes in the review of a licence application for the construction and operation of a spent nuclear fuel repository in Sweden

Bo Strömberg, Lena Sonnerfelt, and Henrik Öberg

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