A waste package strategy for regulatory compliance

Conference · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:137694

Stahl, D ^[1]; Cloninger, M O ^[2]

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1. Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (USA)
2. USDOE Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas, NV (USA). Yucca Mountain Project Office

This paper summarizes the strategy given in the Site Characterization Plan for demonstrating compliance with the post closure performance objectives for the waste package and the Engineered Barrier System contained in the Code of Federal Regulations. The strategy consists of the development of a conservative waste package design that will meet the regulatory requirements with sufficient margin for uncertainty using a multi-barrier approach that takes advantage of the unsaturated nature of the Yucca Mountain site. 7 refs., 1 fig.

• Research Organization: Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-87NV10576
• OSTI ID: 137694
• Report Number(s): CONF-900406--48; ON: DE90008874
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
CLADDING
CLOSURES
COMPLIANCE
CONTAINERS
CONTAINMENT
DATA COVARIANCES
DESIGN
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
IMPLEMENTATION
QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REGULATIONS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SPENT FUELS
WASTE FORMS
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project