The many barriers of Yucca Mountain
Conference
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OSTI ID:127160
- TRW, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
A repository at Yucca Mountain would provide many barriers to prevent or delay escape of radioactive wastes from the mountain. The site`s natural characteristics would interact with engineered systems to provide a set of multiple, independent barriers. By itself, each barrier would provide some assurance that some or all of the wastes would be separated from humans to the degree necessary for regulatory compliance. Acting in concert, the suite of barriers provides very high confidence in the ability of a repository at Yucca Mountain to protect people from hazards posed by the wastes. This paper briefly identifies the salient features of several barriers offered by a repository at Yucca Mountain. Quantitative treatment of the effectiveness of these barriers is given in performance assessment reports are considered in this paper.
- OSTI ID:
- 127160
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504179--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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