Modeling gas and brine migration for assessing compliance of the WIPP

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6576667

Vaughn, P; Butcher, B; Helton, J; Swift, P

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is developing the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico as a facility for the long-term disposal of defense-related transuranic (TRU) wastes. At the request of the WIPP Project Integration Office (WPIO) of the DOE, the WIPP Performance Assessment (PA) Department of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has completed preliminary uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of gas and brine migration away from the undisturbed repository. This paper contains descriptions of the numerical model and simulations, including model geometries and parameter values, and a summary ofmajor conclusions from sensitivity analyses.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6576667
• Report Number(s): SAND-93-0055C; CONF-930408--33; ON: DE93008342
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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