Technology needs for selecting and evaluating high-level waste repository sites in crystalline rock

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6635746

This report describes properties and processes that govern the performance of the geological barrier in a nuclear waste isolation system in crystalline rock and the state-of-the-art in the understanding of these properties and processes. Areas and topics that require further research and development as well as technology needs for investigating and selecting repository sites are presented. Experiences from the Swedish site selection program are discussed, and a general investigation strategy is presented for an area characterization phase of an exploratory program in crystalline rocks. 255 refs., 65 figs., 10 tabs.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Willowbrook, IL (USA). Office of Waste Technology Development; Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10139
• OSTI ID: 6635746
• Report Number(s): BMI/OWTD-3; ON: DE89004721
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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