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Consequence of modern-day, intentional intrusions in the immediate vicinity of a geologic repository

Conference · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
OSTI ID:6846377
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  1. Environmental Evaluation Group, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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We investigate the consequence of modern-day, intentional hydrocarbon wells in the immediate vicinity of a geologic repository. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is to demonstrate the safe disposal of defense-generated transuranic waste. The WIPP is located among rich deposits of hydrocarbons, and in the last three decades, several hundred exploration and production wells have been drilled near the site. Radionuclides from the WIPP can reenter the biosphere after an inadvertent human intrusion. Geopressured brine moves upward through the repository to the most transmissive layer, the Culebra dolomite, and transport radionuclides. We investigate the consequence of this transport along the Culebra to a point just outside the controlled region to a person using well water.

OSTI ID:
6846377
Report Number(s):
CONF-931160--
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 69; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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052002* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Disposal & Storage
054000 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Health & Safety
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
DRILLING
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPLORATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HUMAN INTRUSION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PETROLEUM
PILOT PLANTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVITY TRANSPORT
SAFETY ANALYSIS
STORAGE
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES
WELLS
WIPP