Scenarios for consequence assessments of radioactive-waste repositories at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Test Site
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:59492
This report describes the construction and preliminary analysis of nearly 4000 scenarios for the release of radioactive waste from a hypothetical repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Test Site. Preliminary analyses were carried out for four rock units: the Topopah Spring Member of the Paintbrush Formation, the bedded tuffs of the Calico Hills, and the Bullfrog and Tram Members of the Crater Flat Formation. Only a few of the scenarios were found to have appreciable probabilities of occurrence. Preliminary modeling of certain possible release mechanisms shows that convective cells can form in saturated tuff. The scenarios can be used to guide future consequence analyses and exploratory programs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 59492
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-82-1277; ON: DE83010684
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Mar 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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