A model for intrusion dose calculations for radioactive waste disposal sites

Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:678097

Zucchetti, M ^[1]; Rocco, P ^[1]

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1. Joint Research Centre, Ispra (Italy)

Safe management and disposal of radioactive waste is one of the main problems for nuclear energy, both for fission or fusion sources. High-level waste from nuclear reactors will have to be disposed of in deep underground repositories. The main purpose of this disposal, from the safety viewpoint, is to avoid the return of the radioactive waste into the biosphere, with possible interaction with the public. Intrusion is a way by which this could occur, that is, public inadvertent intrusion into a repository site, taking place after the site has lost its institutional control. The authors describe the assessment of a model for intrusion into a radioactive waste disposal site. An example of application to a fusion-specific repository, developed as part of the Safety and Environmental Assessment of Fusion Power (SEAFP)-2 activities, will be given, up to the evaluation of doses to the inadvertent intruder.

• OSTI ID: 678097
• Report Number(s): CONF-990605--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 80; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
BIOSPHERE
GROUND WATER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL