Recommendations to the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) for review criteria for alternative methods of low-level radioactive waste disposal. Task 2a. Below-ground vaults. Final report
Huntsville has developed general design criteria and specific design review criteria for the below-ground vault (BGV) alternative method of low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal. A BGV is a reinforced concrete vault (floor, walls, and roof) placed underground below the frost line, and above the water table, surrounded by filter blanket and drainage zones and covered with a low-permeability earth layer and top soil with vegetation. Eight major review criteria categories have been developed, ranging from the loads imposed on the BGV structure through material quality and durability considerations. Specific design review criteria have been developed in detail for seven of the eight major categories.
- Research Organization:
- Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (USA). Structures Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5268060
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-189020/1/XAB; WES/MP/SL-88-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BUILDING MATERIALS
CONCRETES
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRAINAGE
FILTERS
LAYERS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERMEABILITY
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REINFORCED CONCRETE
REINFORCED MATERIALS
ROOFS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
US NRC
US ORGANIZATIONS
WALLS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES