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Evaluation of high-level waste pretreatment processes with an approximate reasoning model

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/334243· OSTI ID:334243
The development of an approximate-reasoning (AR)-based model to analyze pretreatment options for high-level waste is presented. AR methods are used to emulate the processes used by experts in arriving at a judgment. In this paper, the authors first consider two specific issues in applying AR to the analysis of pretreatment options. They examine how to combine quantitative and qualitative evidence to infer the acceptability of a process result using the example of cesium content in low-level waste. They then demonstrate the use of simple physical models to structure expert elicitation and to produce inferences consistent with a problem involving waste particle size effects.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
334243
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--99-522; CONF-990201--; ON: DE99002218
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English