Near-field transport of {sup 129}I from a point source in an in-room disposal vault
- AECL Research, Pinawa, Manitoba (Canada). Whiteshell Labs.
A very small number of disposal containers of heat generating nuclear waste may have initial manufacturing defects that would lead to pin-hole type failures at the time of or shortly after emplacement. For sufficiently long-lived containers, only the initial defects need to be considered in modeling of release rates from the disposal vault. Two approaches to modeling of near-field mass transport from a single point source within a disposal room have been compared: the finite-element code MOTIF (A Model Of Transport In Fractured/porous media) and a boundary integral method (BIM). These two approaches were found to give identical results for a simplified model of the disposal room without groundwater flow. MOTIF has then been used to study the effects of groundwater flow on the mass transport out of the emplacement room.
- OSTI ID:
- 377956
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941075-; ISBN 1-55899-253-7; TRN: 96:025079
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 18. international symposium on the scientific basis for nuclear waste management, Kyoto (Japan), 23-27 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Scientific basis for nuclear waste management 18. Part 1; Murakami, Takashi [ed.] [Ehime Univ., Matsuyama, Ehime (Japan). Dept. of Earth Sciences]; Ewing, R.C. [ed.] [Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences]; PB: 787 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 353
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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