Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Waste Package Plan

Conference · Thu Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:138025

Harrison-Giesler, D J ^[1]; Morissette, R P ^[2]; Jardine, L J ^[3]

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1. USDOE Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas, NV (USA). Yucca Mountain Project Office
2. Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (USA)
3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)

The goal of the US Department of Energy`s (DOE) Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP) waste package program is to develop, confirm the effectiveness of, and document a design for a waste package and associated engineered barrier system (EBS) for spent nuclear fuel and solidified high-level nuclear waste (HLW) that meets the applicable regulatory requirements for a geologic repository. The Waste Package Plan describes the waste package program and establishes the technical approach against which overall progress can be measured. It provides guidance for execution and describes the essential elements of the program, including the objectives, technical plan, and management approach. The plan covers the time period up to the submission of a repository license application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 1 fig.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 138025
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC--106161; CONF-910435--52; ON: DE91008733
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
CONTAINERS
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
PACKAGING RULES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLANNING
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SPECIFICATIONS
SPENT FUELS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
VERIFICATION
WASTE FORMS
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project