US Sections Prepared for Future NEA Crystalline Club (CRC) Report on Status of R&D in CRC Countries Investigating Deep Geologic Disposal in Crystalline Rock

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1435901· OSTI ID:1435901

Mariner, Paul E. ^[1]; Stein, Emily R. ^[1]; Kalinina, Elena Arkadievna ^[1]; Hadgu, Teklu ^[1]; Jove-Colon, Carlos F. ^[1]; Basurto, Eduardo ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

U.S. knowledge in deep geologic disposal in crystalline rock is advanced and growing. U.S. status and recent advances related to crystalline rock are discussed throughout this report. Brief discussions of the history of U.S. disposal R&D and the accumulating U.S. waste inventory are presented in Sections 3.x.2 and 3.x.3. The U.S. repository concept for crystalline rock is presented in Section 3.x.4. In Chapters 4 and 5, relevant U.S. research related to site characterization and repository safety functions are discussed. U.S. capabilities for modelling fractured crystalline rock and performing probabilistic total system performance assessments are presented in Chapter 6.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1435901
• Report Number(s): SAND2018--4566R; 662612
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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