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Engineered Barriers

Engineered Barriers is a physical containment system designed to isolate low-level radioactive waste within storage facilities by providing durable, human-made layers that impede the release and migration of radionuclides into the environment.

148

Publications

5.6K

Citations

454

Authors

167

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

40

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Publications

148

Ageing effects in a compacted bentonite: a microstructure approach

Pierre Delage, Duilio Marcial, Y. J. Cui et al. · Géotechnique · 2006 · 402 citations

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Mineral–water interactions and their influence on the physical behavior of highly compacted Na bentonite

Roland Pusch · Canadian Geotechnical Journal · 1982 · 194 citations

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Clays in radioactive waste disposal

Pierre Delage, Yu-Jun Cui, Anh Minh Tang · Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering · 2010 · 170 citations · Full text

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Fickian diffusion of radionuclides for engineered containment barriers: Diffusion coefficients, porosities, and complicating issues

Charles D. Shackelford, Stephanie M. Moore · Engineering Geology · 2012 · 168 citations

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Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste: Status, Key Issues, and Trends

Jens Birkhölzer, James Houseworth, Chin‐Fu Tsang · Annual Review of Environment and Resources · 2012 · 163 citations · Full text

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Authors

454

  1. AG
    Antonio Gens

    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

    6 publications · 200 citations

    6

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  2. CD
    Charles D. Shackelford

    Colorado State University, United States

    5 publications · 286 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. SN
    Simon Norris

    Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 84 citations

    5

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  4. SO
    S. Olivella

    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

    5 publications · 117 citations

    5

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  5. AM
    Anh Minh Tang

    École nationale des ponts et chaussées, France

    4 publications · 295 citations

    4

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1–5 of 454

Institutions

167

  1. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    Barcelona, Spain

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    855 citations

  2. Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Déchets Radioactifs

    Châtenay-Malabry, France

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    686 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    22 publications

    881 citations

  4. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

    Daejeon, South Korea

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    342 citations

  5. École nationale des ponts et chaussées

    Champs-sur-Marne, France

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    542 citations

  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    783 citations

  8. British Geological Survey

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    591 citations

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Venues

  1. Applied Clay Science

    12 publications · 563 citations

    12

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  2. Geological Society London Special Publications

    10 publications · 213 citations

    10

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  3. Canadian Geotechnical Journal

    5 publications · 329 citations

    5

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  4. Engineering Geology

    4 publications · 415 citations

    4

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  5. Géotechnique

    4 publications · 621 citations

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