Comparison of NWTS-33(2) criteria and Basalt Waste Isolation Project screening considerations
This report presents a table to illustrate the relationship between the National Waste Terminal Storage Program site qualification criteria in NWTS-33(2) and the screening considerations used by the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) in each of the following screening steps: (1) development of guidelines and a decision theory framework for site identification; (2) assemblage and cataloging of existing data; (3) compilation of geological, hydrological, and geochemical data into integration reports; (4) screening of site characteristics using a structured process; (5) identification of five potential site localities within the Hanford Site, each locality about 50 mi/sup 2/; (6) identification of candidate sites within the Hanford Site, total area of all sites about 70 mi/sup 2/; (7) identification of a reference repository location within the Hanford Site, a total area about 18 mi/sup 2/; and (8) identification of a location for the emplacement of an exploratory shaft within the shaft pillar of the potential repository. The analysis shows the compatibility of the screening process used to identify the site of a proposed exploratory shaft in basalt with the National Waste Terminal Storage Program site qualification criteria for geologic repositories. This compatibility is especially important since the exploratory shaft site is expected to correspond with the shaft pillar of a nuclear waste repository in basalt.
- Research Organization:
- Atomics International Div., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-77RL01030
- OSTI ID:
- 5096331
- Report Number(s):
- RHO-BW-EV-1P; ON: DE82020722
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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HAPO
HYDROLOGY
IGNEOUS ROCKS
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