Bentonite as an engineered barrier material for nuclear waste repository - Geotechnical perspectives, key properties, knowledge gaps, and opportunities

Noh, Dong-Hwa; Kim, Seunghee; Calaunan, Jose Maria Ferdinand Victoria; Feng, Yuan; Eun, Jongwan; Kim, Yong-Rak

doi:10.1016/j.net.2025.103700

Bentonite as an engineered barrier material for nuclear waste repository - Geotechnical perspectives, key properties, knowledge gaps, and opportunities

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