Engineering study, nuclear waste repository in basalt, Project B-301

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:7153079

A conceptual design of a Nuclear Waste Repository in Basalt (NWRB) has been prepared by the joint venture of Kaiser Engineers, Inc. and Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc. (KE/PB). The conceptual design is based on the Functional Design Criteria (RHO-BWI-CD-38, Rev. 3) prepared by Rockwell Hanford Operations (Rockwell) and revised with assistance from KE/PB. This report describes the conceptual design of the NWRB. Section 2 summarizes the major points of the report. Section 3 presents the principal design bases. Sections 4 through 8 contain detailed conceptual system design descriptions. Sections 9 through 14 describe system control and operations, safety, quality assurance, facility construction and expansion, interfacing with other facilities, and design uncertainties. Appendices contain more detailed descriptions of criteria, design development, and data, as well as acronyms and a glossary. The drawings are included as Volume II. This study describes all of the new facilities required for construction, operation, and backfilling of the mined geologic repository, and identifies existing facilities that are to be used for the NWRB. All surface facilities within the perimeter fence, the shaft, and subsurface facilities are included, and provisions are made for outside interfaces. Issues of near- and far-field nuclear waste isolation are not included in the scope of this work; they are addressed in Rockwell reports.

• Research Organization: Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, CA (USA); Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-77RL01030; AC06-80RL10000
• OSTI ID: 7153079
• Report Number(s): RHO-BWI-C-116-Vol.1; ON: DE82022063
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BACKFILLING
BASALT
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
ENGINEERING
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
ROCKS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
VOLCANIC ROCKS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT