An example postclosure risk assessment using the potential Yucca Mountain Site
The risk analysis described in this document was performed for the US Department of Energy`s (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) over a 2-year time period ending in June 1988. The objective of Pacific Northwest Laboratory`s (PNL) task was to demonstrate an integrated, though preliminary, modeling approach for estimating the postclosure risk associated with a geologic repository for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste. The modeling study used published characterization data for the proposed candidate site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, along with existing models and computer codes available at that time. Some of the site data and conceptual models reported in the Site Characterization Plan published in December 1988, however, were not yet available at the time that PNL conducted the modeling studies.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 138435
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-8081; ON: DE92014614; TRN: 92:021914
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: May 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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APPLIED STUDIES
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
DECOMMISSIONING
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HEALTH HAZARDS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
DOSE RATES
A CODES
RISK ASSESSMENT
PERFORMANCE
HYDROLOGY
GEOLOGY
GROUND WATER
CONTAINMENT
SOURCE TERMS
FLOW MODELS
FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
MAGMATISM
HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL
COMPILED DATA
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
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