Waste package performance in unsaturated rock

Conference · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:137632

Pigford, T H; Lee, W W.-L.

The unsaturated rock and near-atmospheric pressure of the potential nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain present new problems of predicting waste package performance. In this paper we present some illustrations of predictions of waste package performance and discuss important data needs. 11 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 137632
• Report Number(s): LBL-26934; CONF-890928-20; ON: DE90006094; TRN: 90:006226
• Resource Relation: Conference: Nuclear waste isolation in the unsaturated zone: FOCUS `89, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 18-21 Sep 1989; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
TRANSPORT
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
CONTAINERS
CORROSION
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
FORECASTING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
ROCKS
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
INFORMATION NEEDS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
REGULATIONS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
WATER SATURATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
Yucca Mountain Project