Engineered barrier system and waste package design concepts for a potential geologic repository at Yucca Mountain

Conference · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:138262

Short, D W; Ruffner, D J; Jardine, L J

We are using an iterative process to develop preliminary concept descriptions for the Engineered Barrier System and waste-package components for the potential geologic repository at Yucca Mountain. The process allows multiple design concepts to be developed subject to major constraints, requirements, and assumptions. Involved in the highly interactive and interdependent steps of the process are technical specialists in engineering, metallic and nonmetallic materials, chemistry, geomechanics, hydrology, and geochemistry. We have developed preliminary design concepts that satisfy both technical and nontechnical (e.g., programmatic or policy) requirements.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 138262
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-106916; CONF-910945-4; ON: DE92004657; TRN: 92:002511
• Resource Relation: Conference: Focus `91: nuclear waste packaging, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 29 Sep - 4 Oct 1991; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
SPENT FUELS
CONTAINERS
DESIGN
Yucca Mountain Project