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Tough – A Numerical Model for Nonisothermal Unsaturated Flow to Study Waste Canister Heating Effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Karsten Pruess  and
Joseph S.Y. Wang
Karsten Pruess
Affiliation:
Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Joseph S.Y. Wang
Affiliation:
Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Abstract

The physical processes modeled and the mathematical and numerical methods employed in a simulator for non-isothermal flow of water, vapor, and air in permeable media are briefly summarized. The simulator has been applied to study thermohydrological conditions in the near vicinity of high-level nuclear waste packages emplaced in unsaturated rocks. The studies reported here specifically address the question whether or not the waste canister environment will dry up in the thermal phase.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 1031
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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