Safety Assessment Document for the Spent Reactor Fuel Geologic Storage Test in the Climax Granite Stock at the Nevada Test site
The objective of the Spent Fuel Geologic Storage Test in the Climax Granite Stock is to evaluate the response of a granitic rock mass to the underground storage of encapsulated spent reactor fuel in a geometry that simulates a module of a large-scale geologic repository. The test is being conducted by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, with the participation of others, for the U. S. Department of Energy. This document reports an assessment of the safety of conducting this test. Descriptions are provided of the geography, meteorology, hydrology, geology, and seismology of the Climax Site; the effects of postulated natural phenomena and other activities at the Nevada Test Site on the safety of the test; and the design and operation of the test facility and associated equipment. Evaluations are made of both the radiological and nonradiological impacts of normal operations, abnormal operations, and postulated accidents. It is concluded from this assessment that conduct of the spent fuel test at the Climax Site will not result in any undue risk to the public, property, environment, or site employees.
- Research Organization:
- US Department of Energy (USDOE), Las Vegas, NV (United States). Nevada Operations Office
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 59018
- Report Number(s):
- NVO-210; TRN: 80:004939
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jan 1980
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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