Nevada nuclear waste storage investigations. Quarterly report, October-December 1981

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/59043· OSTI ID:59043

The Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) are investigating and determining whether specific underground rock masses are suitable for permanently disposing of highly radioactive wastes, studying and determining whether the Nevada Test Site (NTS) would qualify as a suitable repository site, and developing and demonstrating the capability to safely handle and store commercial spent reactor fuel and high-level waste. This document is a compilation of the technical progress of the principal project participants of the NNWSI in meeting the objectives described in the draft FY 1982 NNWSI Project Plan and revised planning documentation during the first quarter of FY 1982. The NNWSI Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for FY 1982 is comprised of eight tasks which form the main sections of this document. They are: systems; waste package; site; repository; regulatory and institutional; test facilities; land acquisition; and program management. Scenarios for the release of radionuclide from a repository in alternate rock types occuring in the southwest NTS area were ranked by probabilities. Analysis of data from 60 wells in and around NTS are nearing completion. A computerized data recording and earthquake detection system that is more efficient was made operational. A series of 55 evaluations of repository locations in the screening area was performed. A review has been completed covering the likelihood of creep failure in a tuff repository. (DMC)

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Las Vegas, NV (United States). Nevada Operations Office
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 59043
• Report Number(s): NVO--196-29; ON: DE82009496
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
CREEP
GEOCHEMISTRY
GRANITES
GROUND WATER
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
NEVADA TEST SITE
PACKAGING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REGULATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SITE SELECTION
SPENT FUELS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TUFF
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
Yucca Mountain Project