Review of waste package verification tests. Semiannual report, April-September 1983. Volume 3
- ed.
The current study is part of an ongoing task to specify tests that may be used to verify that engineered waste package/repository systems comply with NRC radionuclide containment and controlled release performance objectives. Work covered in this report analyzes verification tests for carbon steel container corrosion and the testing methodologies that are appropriate for evaluating interaction effects between adjacent components in waste packages. Three testing programs were initiated this year to quantify anticipated conditions in salt and basaltic repository systems. In the first effort, natural rock salt was gamma irradiated in the dry (as-received) condition and also in the presence of saturated brine. The aim was to determine pH and total base concentration changes in brine arising from the interaction of the irradiated salt and migrating brine inclusions. The second effort was designed to evaluate the aqueous corrosion conditions around a carbon steel container in the presence of a bentonite/crushed basalt packing and gamma irradiation. The last testing program was designed to estimate the speed at which water could penetrate this packing and reach the container. Data from these tests are described. 40 references, 18 figures, 9 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5261894
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-3091-Vol.3; BNL-NUREG-51630-Vol.3; ON: DE84007883
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALLOYS
BASALT
BENTONITE
BOROSILICATE GLASS
CARBON STEELS
CHEMICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
CLAYS
COMPLIANCE
CONTAINERS
CORROSION
DATA
DISSOLUTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GAMMA RADIATION
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GLASS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LEACHING
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PACKAGING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RADIATION CHEMISTRY
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
ROCKS
SALT DEPOSITS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STEELS
TESTING
VALIDATION
VOLCANIC ROCKS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER