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Title: An overview of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project field test program for evaluating seal performance

Abstract

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), a participant in the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, is responsible for implementing the repository sealing program. One aspect of this program is the definition and fielding of tests related to sealing components which comprise the sealing subsystem. The sealing components are identified in the Site Characterization Plan (U.S. DOE, 1988) and Fernandez et al. (1987). These include an anchor-to-bedrock plug, single dams (or single bulkheads with not settlement), general shaft fill, drift backfill, station and shaft plugs, double bulkheads, backfilled sumps, and channels in a backfilled room. The materials used to create these components are cementitious and earthen. Earthen materials will be used for as many applications as possible to minimize potential degradation of physical properties and potential adverse effects on ground-water chemistry in the repository environment. In places where low strength is acceptable, earthen materials may be used. The most likely application for cementitious materials is where high strength and low deformability may be required. (Hinkebein and Fernandez, 1989). The basis for performing seal component testing is divided into two parts: regulatory requirements and technical requirements. The regulatory requirements are derived primarily from Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 60 (10 CFR 60)more » (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1986). The technical requirements are defined by the uncertainties associated with seal performance and seal emplacement. Both categories of requirements are discussed below.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. IT Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
145463
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/14352-1; CONF-930644-Vol.2
ON: DE94014602; TRN: 94:007529-0016
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 34. US symposium on rock mechanics, Madison, WI (United States), 27-30 Jun 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Rock mechanics in the 1990s: Proceedings; Volume 2; Haimson, B. [ed.]; PB: 396 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SEALING MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; SEALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SOILS; CEMENTS; Yucca Mountain Project

Citation Formats

Fernandez, J A, and Case, J B. An overview of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project field test program for evaluating seal performance. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Fernandez, J A, & Case, J B. An overview of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project field test program for evaluating seal performance. United States.
Fernandez, J A, and Case, J B. 1993. "An overview of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project field test program for evaluating seal performance". United States.
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abstractNote = {Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), a participant in the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, is responsible for implementing the repository sealing program. One aspect of this program is the definition and fielding of tests related to sealing components which comprise the sealing subsystem. The sealing components are identified in the Site Characterization Plan (U.S. DOE, 1988) and Fernandez et al. (1987). These include an anchor-to-bedrock plug, single dams (or single bulkheads with not settlement), general shaft fill, drift backfill, station and shaft plugs, double bulkheads, backfilled sumps, and channels in a backfilled room. The materials used to create these components are cementitious and earthen. Earthen materials will be used for as many applications as possible to minimize potential degradation of physical properties and potential adverse effects on ground-water chemistry in the repository environment. In places where low strength is acceptable, earthen materials may be used. The most likely application for cementitious materials is where high strength and low deformability may be required. (Hinkebein and Fernandez, 1989). The basis for performing seal component testing is divided into two parts: regulatory requirements and technical requirements. The regulatory requirements are derived primarily from Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 60 (10 CFR 60) (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1986). The technical requirements are defined by the uncertainties associated with seal performance and seal emplacement. Both categories of requirements are discussed below.},
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