Long-term performance of materials used for high-level waste packaging. Annual report, March 1982-April 1983. Vol. 1

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5879826· OSTI ID:5879826

Stahl, D.; Miller, N. E.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research is developing predictive methodologies to assist in evaluating the Department of Energy's application for construction and operation of deep-mined geologic repositories for high-level radioactive waste disposal. As part of the NRC's effort, Battelle's Columbus Laboratories is investigating the long-term performance of materials used for high-level waste packages. This report documents the results of our first year's investigations. The topics addressed are internal and external corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement of the waste container, waste form degradation, accelerated testing and statistics, and model development both for separate effects and for multiple effects on the integrity of the waste package. Experimental work has been initiated to address modeling needs, either to fill in missing data, to confirm existing data at protoypic conditions, or to evaluate mechanisms at accelerated test conditions. A first-generation system code using simple separate-effects correlations is described. 149 references.

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5879826
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-3405-Vol.1; BMI-2105-Vol.1; ON: DE83902820
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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