Waste package for Yucca Mountain repository; Strategy for regulatory compliance
- US Dept. of Energy (US)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (US)
- SAIC (US)
This paper summarizes the strategy given in the site characterization plan (SCP) for demonstrating compliance with the post closure performance objectives for the waste package and the engineered barrier system (EBS) contained in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 60 (10 CFR60), particularly 10 CFR 60,1113, and other applicable documents. The strategy consists of the development of a conservative waste package design that will meet the regulatory requirements with sufficient margin for uncertainty using a multi-barrier approach that takes advantage of the unsaturated nature of the Yucca Mountain site. This strategy involves an iterative process designed to achieve compliance with the requirements for substantially complete containment and EBS release. The strategy will be implemented in such a manner that sufficient evidence will be provided for presentation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) so that it may make a finding that there is reasonable assurance that these performance requirements will indeed be met.
- OSTI ID:
- 137908
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890207-; TRN: 90:035422
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waste management `89: 15th international waste management symposium conference, Tucson, AZ (United States), 26 Feb - 2 Mar 1989; Other Information: PBD: 1989; Related Information: Is Part Of Waste processing, transportation, storage and disposal, technical programs and public education; Volume 1. General and high-level waste; Post, R.G. [Univ. of Arizona, Dept. of Nuclear and Energy Engineering, Tucson, AZ (US)]; PB: 857 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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