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Monitoring system specifications: retrieval of surf from a salt repository

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5381691· OSTI ID:5381691
The task of developing specifications for a reference monitoring system determined by repository environmental conditions, retrieval operations, and federal regulatory criteria is discussed. The monitoring system specified in this report is capable of measuring (1) package position and orientation, (2) vault deformation, (3) brine accumulation, (4) spent fuel dissolution, (5) temperature, (6) nuclear radiation, and (7) package condition with sufficient accuracy to provide data input to a general risk assessment model. In order to define a monitoring system which can provide probabilistic data on radiological risk to operating personnel and the general public for a salt mine repository, the following information is required: (1) a complete design of the salt SURF repository including inventory, density and waste package design details; (2) probalistic failure rate data on containment integrity of the SURF waste package; (3) probabilistic failure rate data on the monitoring system components (i.e., monitoring procedure, instrumentation, data acquisition, data processing and data interpretation).
Research Organization:
EA and T Co., Inc., Marina del Rey, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5381691
Report Number(s):
UCRL-15232
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English