Waste package simulation and source term modeling---A summary of existing capabilities
Extended summaries of the existing waste package performance assessment models in two US first repository projects (the Salt Repository Project and the Basalt Waste Isolation Project), in the Performance Assessment Scientific Support Program at Pacific Northwest Laboratory, and in the Canadian concept assessment study for nuclear fuel waste disposal are provided. Also given are summaries of the simplified models that address the release of radionuclides from waste packages and brief summaries of selected detailed process models which provide input to the general waste package system analysis models. The data requirements and the output of each model are described. The report was prepared as part of an effort to select, if appropriate, a waste package simulation and source term model from among the existing models and adapt it for use in the Department of Energy's Repository Technology Program (RTP). The main purpose of the report is to provide information on the available waste package simulation and source term models in a single document. It is not intended to be a critical review of the available models. 60 refs., 5 figs., 2 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Willowbrook, IL (USA). Office of Waste Technology Development
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-83CH10139
- OSTI ID:
- 5628254
- Report Number(s):
- BMI/OWTD-91015495-Draft; ON: TI91015495
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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