Preliminary near-field environment report; Volume 1, Technical bases for EBS design

Technical Report · Wed Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/138655· OSTI ID:138655

Wilder, D G

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is investigating the suitability of Yucca Mountain as a potential site for the nation`s first high-level nuclear waste repository. The site is located about 120 km northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, in an area of uninhabited desert (Fig. 1). Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP) participant and is responsible for the development of waste package (WP) and engineered barrier system (EBS) design concepts, including materials testing and selection, design criteria development, waste-form characterization, performance assessments, and near-field environment (NFE) characterization.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 138655
• Report Number(s): UCRL-LR--107476-Vol.1; ON: DE93014854
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLIMATES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CONSTRUCTION
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
FLUID FLOW
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGIC FRACTURES
GROUND WATER
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
PERFORMANCE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
THERMODYNAMICS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project