Subject areas

Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal's subject areas are defined by the following index terms. These terms represent the keywords to be chosen for the assignment of submitted manuscripts to individual topical editors:

interim storage of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel
decommissioning of nuclear facilities
site selection – methods and overviews
surface exploration methods
tectonics and geomechanics
processes in the multi-barrier system
advances in designing geotechnical barrier materials
chemistry and migration behaviour of radionuclides
numerical modelling for long-term safety analyses
nuclear humanities
nuclear social Sciences
participation in the search for a nuclear disposal site
knowledge and information management
alternative waste management options
laboratory testing
trust in models
public opinion in the site selection process: survey methodologies
transdisciplinary and psychological resilient communication with stakeholders
safety and uncertainties – engineering approach embedded in the social context