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Preliminary performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, December 1992. Volume 2, Technical basis
Abstract
Before disposing of transuranic radioactive waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the United States Department of Energy (DOE) must evaluate compliance with applicable long-term regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sandia National Laboratories is conducting iterative performance assessments (PAs) of the WIPP for the DOE to provide interim guidance while preparing for a final compliance evaluation. This volume, Volume 2, contains the technical basis for the 1992 PA. Specifically, it describes the conceptual basis for consequence modeling and the PA methodology, including the selection of scenarios for analysis, the determination of scenario probabilities, and the estimation of scenario consequences using a Monte Carlo technique and a linked system of computational models. Additional information about the 1992 PA is provided in other volumes. Volume I contains an overview of WIPP PA and results of a preliminary comparison with the long-term requirements of the EPA`s Environmental Protection Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes (40 CFR 191, Subpart B). Volume 3 contains the reference data base and values for input parameters used in consequence and probability modeling. Volume 4 contains uncertainty and sensitivity analyses related to the preliminary comparison withmore »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10152565
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-92-0700/2
ON: DE93013494; TRN: 93:016372
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Dec 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; WIPP; PERFORMANCE; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; GROUND WATER; FLUID FLOW; BRINES; COMPLIANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT DEPOSITS; POROSITY; DECAY; 052002; 990200; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE; MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS
Citation Formats
. Preliminary performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, December 1992. Volume 2, Technical basis. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web. doi:10.2172/10152565.
. Preliminary performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, December 1992. Volume 2, Technical basis. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10152565
. 1992.
"Preliminary performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, December 1992. Volume 2, Technical basis". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10152565. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10152565.
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abstractNote = {Before disposing of transuranic radioactive waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the United States Department of Energy (DOE) must evaluate compliance with applicable long-term regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sandia National Laboratories is conducting iterative performance assessments (PAs) of the WIPP for the DOE to provide interim guidance while preparing for a final compliance evaluation. This volume, Volume 2, contains the technical basis for the 1992 PA. Specifically, it describes the conceptual basis for consequence modeling and the PA methodology, including the selection of scenarios for analysis, the determination of scenario probabilities, and the estimation of scenario consequences using a Monte Carlo technique and a linked system of computational models. Additional information about the 1992 PA is provided in other volumes. Volume I contains an overview of WIPP PA and results of a preliminary comparison with the long-term requirements of the EPA`s Environmental Protection Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes (40 CFR 191, Subpart B). Volume 3 contains the reference data base and values for input parameters used in consequence and probability modeling. Volume 4 contains uncertainty and sensitivity analyses related to the preliminary comparison with 40 CFR 191B. Volume 5 contains uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of gas and brine migration for undisturbed performance. Finally, guidance derived from the entire 1992 PA is presented in Volume 6.},
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