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Performance-assessment comparisons for a repository containing LWR spent fuel or partitioned/transmuted nuclear waste

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OSTI ID:5926538
 [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
This paper describes one component of the total-system performance assessment analyses being performed for a potential geologic repository containing partitioned and/or transmuted waste. An analysis of the releases of radionuclides at the earth's surface due to human intrusion is presented here. The results are compared with other total-system performance assessments for the potential Yucca Mountain repository containing light-water-reactor spent fuel. Although most of the releases from a repository containing partitioned/transmuted waste are lower than those from a repository containing conventional spent fuel, the maximum releases are not significantly different.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5926538
Report Number(s):
SAND-91-2166C; CONF-920430--18; ON: DE92005267
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English