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Operational procedures for receiving, packaging, emplacing, and retrieving high-level and transuranic waste in a geologic repository in tuff

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OSTI ID:59857

The Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project, directed by the Nevada Operations Office of the Department of Energy, is currently developing conceptual designs for a commercial nuclear waste repository. In this paper, the preliminary repository operating plans are identified and the proposed repository waste inventory is discussed. The receipt rates for truck and rail car shipments of waste are determined, as are the required repository waste emplacement rates. 3 refs., 7 figs., 4 tabs.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States); Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc., NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
59857
Report Number(s):
SAND--83-1982C; CONF-840307--53; ON: DE86009468
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English