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Title: Estimates of radionuclide release from glass waste forms in a tuff repository and the effects on regulatory compliance

Abstract

This paper discusses preliminary estimates of the release of radionuclides from waste packages containing glass-based waste forms under the expected conditions at Yucca Mountain. These estimates can be used to evaluate the contribution of waste package performance toward meeting repository regulatory restrictions on radionuclide release. Glass waste will be held in double stainless steel canisters. After failure of the container sometime after the 300 to 1000 year containment period, the open headspace in these cans will provide the only area where standing water can accumulate and react with the glass. A maximum release rate of 0.177 g/m{sup 2} x year or 1.3 grams per year was obtained. Normalized loss of 1.3 grams per year corresponds to 0.08 parts in 100,000 per year of the 1660 kg reference weight of DWPF glass.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
59909
Report Number(s):
UCRL-93735; CONF-860418-10
ON: DE86012191
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 88. annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Chicago, IL (United States), 27 Apr - 1 May 1986; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; GLASS; LEACHING; WATER; FORECASTING; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; Yucca Mountain Project

Citation Formats

Aines, R D. Estimates of radionuclide release from glass waste forms in a tuff repository and the effects on regulatory compliance. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
Aines, R D. Estimates of radionuclide release from glass waste forms in a tuff repository and the effects on regulatory compliance. United States.
Aines, R D. 1986. "Estimates of radionuclide release from glass waste forms in a tuff repository and the effects on regulatory compliance". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/59909.
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abstractNote = {This paper discusses preliminary estimates of the release of radionuclides from waste packages containing glass-based waste forms under the expected conditions at Yucca Mountain. These estimates can be used to evaluate the contribution of waste package performance toward meeting repository regulatory restrictions on radionuclide release. Glass waste will be held in double stainless steel canisters. After failure of the container sometime after the 300 to 1000 year containment period, the open headspace in these cans will provide the only area where standing water can accumulate and react with the glass. A maximum release rate of 0.177 g/m{sup 2} x year or 1.3 grams per year was obtained. Normalized loss of 1.3 grams per year corresponds to 0.08 parts in 100,000 per year of the 1660 kg reference weight of DWPF glass.},
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