Selection criteria for container materials at the proposed Yucca Mountain high level nuclear waste repository
A geological repository has been proposed for the permanent disposal of the nation`s high level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert. The containers for this waste must remain intact for the unprecedented service lifetime of 1000 years. A combination of engineering, regulatory, and licensing requirements complicate the container material selection. In parallel to gathering information regarding the Yucca Mountain service environment and material performance data, a set of selection criteria have been established which compare candidate materials to the performance requirements, and allow a quantitative comparison of candidates. These criteria assign relative weighting to varied topic areas such as mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, fabricability, and cost. Considering the long service life of the waste containers, it is not surprising that the corrosion behavior of the material is a dominant factor. 7 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 137734
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-102285; CONF-900403-10; ON: DE90010686; TRN: 90:026885
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: NACE Corrosion `90, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 23-27 Apr 1990; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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