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Performance-assessment comparisons for a repository containing LWR spent fuel or partitioned/transmutted nuclear waste

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OSTI ID:140850
 [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Lab., System Performance Assessment, Division 6312, Albuquerque, NM (US)
  2. Univ. of California, Lawrence Berkeley Lab., Earth Sciences Div., Berkeley, CA (US)
This paper describes one component of the total-system performance assessment analyses being performed for a potential geologic repository containing partitioned and/or transmuted waste. An analysis of the releases of radionuclides at the earth`s surface due to human intrusion is presented here. The results are compared with other total-system performance assessments for the potential Yucca Mountain repository containing light-water-reactor spent fuel. Although most of the releases from a repository containing partitioned/transmuted waste are lower than those from a repository containing conventional spent fuel, the maximum releases are not significantly different.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratory
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
140850
Report Number(s):
CONF-920430--; ISBN 0-87262-891-4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English