Planning and implementation of underground testing in the ESF
Conference
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OSTI ID:145461
- Los Alamos National Lab., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
The Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF) is a critical component of the US Department of Energy (DOE) program to identify and characterize a suitable site for licensing and constructing the nation`s first geologic repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. As interpreted from the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the mission of the ESF is to conduct subsurface exploration and testing in support of site suitability determination and license application, in a manner that protects the environment and waste isolation capabilities of the site. The Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Office (YMPO) is developing a strategic program for subsurface testing that is fully integrated with other scientific efforts and with the design and excavation/construction of the ESF. The major challenge for ESF testing is to sequentially implement a site characterization program that is responsive to Project priorities and objectives and simultaneously ensures that critical, irretrievable data are gathered with minimal impacts to schedule and cost of ESF construction and operation. The guiding strategy for ESF testing is initially focused on determining the site suitability of Yucca Mountain. Prioritized tests and observations underground will be required to complete an early evaluation of site suitability.
- Research Organization:
- Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 145461
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/14352--1; CONF-930644--Vol.2; ON: DE94014602
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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