NWTS waste package program plan. Volume I. Program strategy, description, and schedule
This document describes the work planned for developing the technology to design, test and produce packages used for the long-term isolation of nuclear waste in deep geologic repositories. Waste forms considered include spent fuel and high-level waste. The testing and selection effort for barrier materials for radionuclide containment is described. The NWTS waste package program is a design-driven effort; waste package conceptual designs are used as input for preliminary designs, which are upgraded to a final design as materials and testing data become available. Performance assessment models are developed and validated. Milestones and a detailed schedule are given for the waste package development effort. Program logic networks defining work flow, interfaces among the NWTS Projects, and interrelationships of specific activities are presented. Detailed work elements are provided for the Waste Package Program Plan subtasks - design and development, waste form, barrier materials, and performance evaluation - for salt and basalt, host rocks for which the state of waste package knowledge and the corresponding data base are advanced.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). National Waste Terminal Storage Integration
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5257700
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NWTS-96-Vol.1; ON: DE82010888; TRN: 82-015660
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
DESIGN
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PACKAGING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
BACKFILLING
BASALT
CONTAINERS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SALT DEPOSITS
SPENT FUELS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FUELS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR MATERIALS
ROCKS
VOLCANIC ROCKS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
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