Progress in the development of waste package performance requirements for a repository located in basalt

Conference · Tue Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5356599

Smith, M J; Bensky, M S; McCall, T B

The Basalt Waste Isolation Project waste package reference conceptual design consists of three components: the waste form, the canister, and the backfill. The waste package system is an engineered barrier in series with two barriers that are in parallel, i.e., the geologic site barrier and the repository seal system barrier (shaft seal, tunnel backfill, and borehole seals). Preliminary analyses of radionuclide transport and release through the waste package system and site geology are presented herein. The effect of a range of postulated groundwater travel times on radionuclide release to the accessible environment is shown. The required values for two waste package performance parameters are shown as a function of groundwater travel time and potential radionuclide release to the accessible environment. 3 references, 4 figures.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-77RL01030
• OSTI ID: 5356599
• Report Number(s): RHO-BW-SA-275-P; CONF-830205-38; ON: DE84007398
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
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