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Title: Total system performance predictions (TSPA-1995) for the potential high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain

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OSTI ID:239229

The management and operating contractor for the potential high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, has been recently completed a new performance assessment of the ability of the repository to isolate and contain nuclear waste for long time periods (up to 1,000,000 years). Sensitivity analyses determine the most important physical parameters and processes, using the most current information and models.

Research Organization:
INTERA, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC01-91RW00134
OSTI ID:
239229
Report Number(s):
CONF-960421-42; ON: DE96011191; TRN: 96:013086
Resource Relation:
Conference: 7. annual international high-level radioactive waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 29 Apr - 3 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English