Screening, combining and tracking features, events and processes in WIPP performance assessments
- Galson Sciences Limited, Oakham, Rutland (United Kingdom); and others
In October 1996, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will request the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to certify compliance with the radioactive waste disposal standards found in 40 CFR Part 191 for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Demonstrating compliance with these regulations requires an assessment of the long-term performance of the disposal system. Scenario development is one starting point of this assessment, and generates inquiry about the present state and future evolution of the disposal system. Scenario development consists of three main tasks: (1) identifying and classifying features, events and processes (FEPs), (2) screening FEPs according to well-defined criteria, and (3) forming scenarios (combinations of FEPs) in the context of regulatory performance criteria. This paper illustrates the application of this methodology for the Compliance Certification Application (CCA) for the WIPP, and shows how decisions taken at this stage of the performance assessment (PA) are tracked through the modeling process.
- Research Organization:
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), New York, NY (United States); American Nuclear Society (ANS), La Grange Park, IL (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 405231
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960421-; TRN: 97:000557
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. annual international high-level radioactive waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 29 Apr - 3 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of High level radioactive waste management: Proceedings of the seventh annual international conference; PB: 519 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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