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One-twelfth-scale model of horizontal emplacement and retrieval equipment for radioactive waste packages at the proposed repository in tuff

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:60140

One of the principal objectives of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations [NNWSI] Project is the design of equipment and hardware for the emplacement and retrieval of packages of high-level radioactive waste at a proposed repository in tuff at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This report presents a description of the emplacement and retrieval operations and a one-twelfth-scale model of the equipment and hardware to be used for the horizontal orientation. The model was constructed to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the proposed horizontal concept and for the purpose of design verification. 1 ref., 38 figs., 3 tabs.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc., NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
60140
Report Number(s):
SAND--86-7135; ON: DE87009354
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English