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Title: The Proposed Yucca Mountain Repository From A Corrosion Perspective

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/840155· OSTI ID:840155

Corrosion is a primary determinant of waste package performance at the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository and will control the delay time for radionuclide transport from the waste package. Corrosion is the most probable and most likely degradation process that will determine when packages will be penetrated and the shape size and distribution of those penetrations. The general issues in corrosion science, materials science and electrochemistry are well defined, and the knowledge base is substantial for understanding corrosion processes. In this paper, the Yucca Mountain Repository is viewed from a corrosion perspective.

Research Organization:
Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI ID:
840155
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 10 Mar 2005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English