Workshop on the role of natural analogs in geologic disposal of high-level nuclear waste: Proceedings

Conference · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:116570

Kovach, L A ^[1]; Murphy, W M ^[2]

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1. ed.; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications
2. ed.; Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States). Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses

A Workshop on the Role of Natural Analogs in Geologic Disposal of High-Level Nuclear Waste was held in San Antonio, Texas on July 22--25, 1991. The proceedings comprise seventeen papers submitted by participants at the workshop. A series of papers addresses the relation of natural analog studies to the regulation, performance assessment, and licensing of a geologic repository. Applications of reasoning by analogy are illustrated in papers on the role of natural analogs in studies of earthquakes, petroleum, and mineral exploration. A summary is provided of a recently completed, internationally coordinated natural analog study at Pocos de Caldas, Brazil. Papers also cover problems and applications of natural analog studies in four technical areas of nuclear waste management-. waste form and waste package, near-field processes and environment, far-field processes and environment, and volcanism and tectonics. Summaries of working group deliberations in these four technical areas provide reviews and proposals for natural analog applications. Individual papers have been cataloged separately.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications; Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States). Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses
• Sponsoring Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 116570
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CP--0147; CONF-9107285--; CNWRA--93-020; ON: TI96001409
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
CONTAINERS
EARTHQUAKES
GEOLOGY
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROLOGY
LEADING ABSTRACT
LICENSING
MEETINGS
NATURAL ANALOGUE
PACKAGING
PROCEEDINGS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REGULATIONS
SEISMIC EFFECTS
TECTONICS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
VOLCANISM
WASTE FORMS