Technical bases for establishing a salt test facility
The need for a testing facility in which radioactive materials may be used in an underground salt environment is explored. No such facility is currently available in salt deposits in the United States. A salt test facility (STF) would demonstrate the feasibility of safely storing radioactive waste in salt and would provide data needed to support the design, construction, licensing, and operation of a radioactive waste repository in salt. Nineteen issues that could affect long-term isolation of waste materials in a salt repository are identified from the most pertinent recent literature. The issues are assigned an overall priority and a priority relative to the activities of the STF. Individual tests recommended for performance in the STF to resolve the 19 issues are described and organized under three groups: waste package performance, repository design and operation, and site characterization and evaluation. The requirements for a salt test facility are given in the form of functional criteria, and the approach that will be used in the design, execution, interpretation, and reporting of tests is discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA); IT Corp., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Stearns Catalytic Corp., Denver, CO (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830; AC02-83CH10140
- OSTI ID:
- 5847503
- Report Number(s):
- BMI/ONWI-243; ON: DE85011452
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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