Review of DOE waste package program. Subtask 1.1 - National Waste Package Program, October 1983-March 1984. Volume 6
- ed.
The present effort is part of an ongoing task to review the national high-level waste package effort. It includes evaluation of reference waste form, container, and packing material components with respect to determining how they may contribute to the containment and controlled release of radionuclides after waste packages have been emplaced in salt, basalt, tuff, and granite repositories. In the current Biannual Report a review of progress in the new crystalline repository (granite) program is described. Other foreign data for this host rock have also been outlined where relevant. The use of crushed salt, and bentonite- and zeolite-containing packing materials is discussed. The effects of temperature and gamma irradiation are shown to be important with respect to defining the localized environmental conditions around a waste package and the long-term integrity of the packing.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 60558
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR--2482-Vol.6; BNL-NUREG--51494-Vol.6; ON: TI85008976
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
BASALT
BENTONITE
BRINES
CONTAINERS
CONTAINMENT
DIFFUSION
EVALUATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FAILURES
GRANITES
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY
PACKAGING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOLYSIS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SALT DEPOSITS
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TUFF
WASTE FORMS
Yucca Mountain Project
ZEOLITES