Disruption scenario analysis for a nuclear waste repository in Hanford Site basalts, Washington State

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6839247

Davis, J D; Runchal, A K

An initial application was made of the Delphi method of expert opinion consensus-forming to disruption scenario analysis of a candidate high-level nuclear waste repository at the Hanford Site, Washington State. Expert scientific and engineering opinion was elicited for the purpose of identifying, categorizing, and ranking of site-specific scenarios within the framework of occurrence-probability categories established by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency. After refinement by a second Delphi iteration, the disruption scenarios selected to be of most concern will be characterized in detail for use in assessing long-term repository performance under disruption scenario conditions. 3 references, 4 figures, 2 tables.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations; Analytic and Computational Research, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-77RL01030
• OSTI ID: 6839247
• Report Number(s): RHO-BW-SA-311-P; CONF-840307-45; ON: DE84013200
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DELPHI METHOD
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