New three-dimensional far-field potential repository thermomechanical calculations; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project
- Agapito (J.F.T.) and Associates, Inc., Grand Junction, CO (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
The thermomechanical effect on the exploratory ramps, drifts, and shafts as a result of high-level nuclear waste disposal is examined using a three-dimensional thermo-elastic model. The repository layout modeled is based on the use of mechanical mining of all excavations with equivalent waste emplacement areal power densities of 57 and 80 kW/acre. Predicted temperatures and stress changes for the north and south access drifts, east main drift, east-west exploratory drift, the north and south Calico Hills access ramps, the Calico Hills north-south exploratory drift, and the optional exploratory studies facility and man and materials shafts are presented for times 10, 35, 50, 100, 300, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, and 10,000 years after the start of waste emplacement. The study indicates that the east-west exploratory drift at the repository horizon is subject to the highest thermomechanical impact because it is located closest the buried waste canisters. For most exploratory openings, the thermally induced temperatures and stresses tend to reach the maximum magnitudes at approximately 1000 years after waste emplacement.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States); Agapito (J.F.T.) and Associates, Inc., Grand Junction, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 138731
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--92-0589; ON: DE93012451
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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