Number of Waste Package Hit by Igneous Intrusion
Abstract
The purpose of this scientific analysis report is to document calculations of the number of waste packages that could be damaged in a potential future igneous event through a repository at Yucca Mountain. The analyses include disruption from an intrusive igneous event and from an extrusive volcanic event. This analysis supports the evaluation of the potential consequences of future igneous activity as part of the total system performance assessment for the license application (TSPA-LA) for the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP). Igneous activity is a disruptive event that is included in the TSPA-LA analyses. Two igneous activity scenarios are considered: (1) The igneous intrusion groundwater release scenario (also called the igneous intrusion scenario) considers the in situ damage to waste packages or failure of waste packages that occurs if they are engulfed or otherwise affected by magma as a result of an igneous intrusion. (2) The volcanic eruption scenario depicts the direct release of radioactive waste due to an intrusion that intersects the repository followed by a volcanic eruption at the surface. An igneous intrusion is defined as the ascent of a basaltic dike or dike system (i.e., a set or swarm of multiple dikes comprising a single intrusive event) tomore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 838330
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-MGR-GS-000003, REV 01
DOC.20041015.0001, DC43075; TRN: US0502890
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC28-01RW12101
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 13 Oct 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; EVALUATION; LICENSE APPLICATIONS; MAGMA; PERFORMANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Citation Formats
Wallace, M. Number of Waste Package Hit by Igneous Intrusion. United States: N. p., 2004.
Web. doi:10.2172/838330.
Wallace, M. Number of Waste Package Hit by Igneous Intrusion. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/838330
Wallace, M. 2004.
"Number of Waste Package Hit by Igneous Intrusion". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/838330. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/838330.
@article{osti_838330,
title = {Number of Waste Package Hit by Igneous Intrusion},
author = {Wallace, M},
abstractNote = {The purpose of this scientific analysis report is to document calculations of the number of waste packages that could be damaged in a potential future igneous event through a repository at Yucca Mountain. The analyses include disruption from an intrusive igneous event and from an extrusive volcanic event. This analysis supports the evaluation of the potential consequences of future igneous activity as part of the total system performance assessment for the license application (TSPA-LA) for the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP). Igneous activity is a disruptive event that is included in the TSPA-LA analyses. Two igneous activity scenarios are considered: (1) The igneous intrusion groundwater release scenario (also called the igneous intrusion scenario) considers the in situ damage to waste packages or failure of waste packages that occurs if they are engulfed or otherwise affected by magma as a result of an igneous intrusion. (2) The volcanic eruption scenario depicts the direct release of radioactive waste due to an intrusion that intersects the repository followed by a volcanic eruption at the surface. An igneous intrusion is defined as the ascent of a basaltic dike or dike system (i.e., a set or swarm of multiple dikes comprising a single intrusive event) to repository level, where it intersects drifts. Magma that does reach the surface from igneous activity is an eruption (or extrusive activity) (Jackson 1997 [DIRS 109119], pp. 224, 333). The objective of this analysis is to develop a probabilistic measure of the number of waste packages that could be affected by each of the two scenarios.},
doi = {10.2172/838330},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/838330},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
month = {Wed Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2004}
}