Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations: FY 1982 project plan
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:59064
Since late FY 1977, the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project has been investigating the Nevada Test Site (NTS) area to determine whether underground rock masses on or near the NTS are suitable for the permanent isolation of spent reactor fuel or high-level radioactive wastes. During FY 1981, the Project developed, evaluated, and began exercising a method for screening the southwest NTS and contiguous lands for nuclear waste repository locations. The Project continued to concentrate on evaluating the technical acceptability of Yucca Mountain as a potential repository location. The drilling program was accelerated to meet the new Administration`s decision-making schedule. In addition, media characterization and evaluation work, including studies of thermal-mechanical response and thermal degradation of minerals, continued. Engineering studies leading toward the Exploratory Shaft and repository conceptual designs were initiated. Tuff-specific waste package assessments and evaluations and far-field radionuclide release scenario analyses were also initiated. Existing environmental data inventories will be used to plan FY 1982 environmental studies in selected topical areas where additional information is needed. In addition, three other related activities are in progress within the NNWSI. The spent fuel storage test being conducted 1400 feet underground at the NTS in the Climax granite has been under way since April 1980. Work continued on two developmental field radionuclide migration experiments, one near the Climax experiment area and one in G-Tunnel at the NTS. The third major related activity is focused on the development and demonstration of the capability to safely handle, encapsulate, and store commercial spent reactor fuel in a passive interim storage made at or near the earth`s surface.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 59064
- Report Number(s):
- NVO--196-37; ON: DE83016187
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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