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Title: Turnout Drift Operating Envelope Calculation

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Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
899460
Report Number(s):
800-30C-TUN0-00100-000-00A, Rev. 00A/ ECN 1
ENG.20050826.0004, DC# 45403; TRN: US0702186
DOE Contract Number:
NA
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; CALCULATION METHODS; TUNNELS; OPERATION

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A.D. Kruz. Turnout Drift Operating Envelope Calculation. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/899460.
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title = {Turnout Drift Operating Envelope Calculation},
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