Impact of advanced fuel cycles on uncertainty associated with geologic repositories

Conference · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2013-96211· OSTI ID:22535214

Rechard, Rob P.; Lee, Joon ^[1]; Sutton, Mark; Greenberg, Harris R. ^[2]; Robinson, Bruce A. ^[3]; Nutt, W. Mark ^[4]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
3. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
4. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

This paper provides a qualitative evaluation of the impact of advanced fuel cycles, particularly partition and transmutation of actinides, on the uncertainty associated with geologic disposal. Based on the discussion, advanced fuel cycles, will not materially alter (1) the repository performance (2) the spread in dose results around the mean (3) the modeling effort to include significant features, events, and processes in the performance assessment, or (4) the characterization of uncertainty associated with a geologic disposal system in the regulatory environment of the United States. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME, Nuclear Engineering Division, Environmental Engineering Division, Two Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22535214
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ACTINIDES
FUEL CYCLE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SIMULATION
TRANSMUTATION
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL