The role of natural analogs in the repository licensing process
Conference
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OSTI ID:146980
- Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, San Antonio, TX (United States)
The concept of a permanent geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste (NLW) is implicitly based on analogy to natural systems that have been stable for millions or billions of years. The time of radioactive and chemical toxicity of HLW exceeds the duration of human civilization, and it is impossible to demonstrate the accuracy of predictions of the behavior of engineered or social systems over such long periods.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications; Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States). Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses
- OSTI ID:
- 146980
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CP--0147; CONF-9107285--; CNWRA--93-020; ON: TI96001409
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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