Future water table rise at Yucca Mountain: A regulatory perspective
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has developed a program of Systematic Regulatory Analysis (SRA). The purpose of this program is to ensure that important technical issues related to compliance with 10 CFR Part 60 will be identified before receipt of a license application. A plan is being developed to review the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) demonstration of compliance in the license application for each part of the regulation. Under the siting criteria of NRC`s Part 60, one of the potentially adverse conditions is the possibility that the water table may rise high enough to saturate a repository in the unsaturated zone. DOE must evaluate this and other conditions in a license application for a geologic repository site. DOE`s evaluation must show compliance with the requirements of Part 60 with reasonable assurance. This paper describes the NRC staff`s preliminary plans to review DOE`s demonstration of compliance, including assumptions about a future rise of the water table.
- OSTI ID:
- 127162
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504179--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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