PEGASUS, a European research project on the effects of gas in underground storage facilities for radioactive waste

Conference · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:100761

Haijtink, B; McMenamin, T ^[1]

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1. Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium)

Whereas the subject of gas generation and possible gas release from radioactive waste repositories has gained in interest on the international scene, the Commission of the European Communities has increased its research efforts on this issue. In particular in the 4th five year R and D program on Management and Storage of Radioactive Waste (1990--1994), a framework has been set up in which research efforts on the subject of gas generation and migration, supported by the CEC, are brought together and coordinated. In this project, called PEGASUS, Project on the Effects of GAS in Underground Storage facilities for radioactive waste, about 20 organizations and research institutes from 7 European countries are involved. The project covers both experimental and theoretical studies of the processes of gas formation and possible gas release from the different waste types, LLW, ILW and HLW, under typical repository conditions in suitable geological formations as clay, salt and granite. In this paper an overview is given of the various studies undertaken in the project as well as some first results presented.

• OSTI ID: 100761
• Report Number(s): CONF-930906--; ISBN 0-7918-0691-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
EMISSION
GAS FLOW
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS