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Title: Yucca Mountain Project - Science & Technology Radionuclide Absorbers Development Program Overview

Abstract

The proposed Yucca Mountain repository is anticipated to be the first facility for long-term disposal of commercial spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States. The facility, located in the southern Nevada desert, is currently in the planning stages with initial exploratory excavations completed. It is an underground facility mined into the tuffaceous volcanic rocks that sit above the local water table. The focus of the work described in this paper is the development of radionuclide absorbers or ''getter'' materials for neptunium (Np), iodine (I), and technetium (Tc) for potential deployment in the repository. ''Getter'' materials retard the migration of radionuclides through sorption, reduction, or other chemical and physical processes, thereby slowing or preventing the release and transport of radionuclides. An overview of the objectives and approaches utilized in this work with respect to materials selection and modeling of ion ''getters'' is presented. The benefits of the ''getter'' development program to the United States Department of Energy (US DOE) are outlined.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
840139
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 14 Jan 2005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; GETTERS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; IODINE; NEPTUNIUM; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; SIMULATION; SORPTION; TECHNETIUM; TRANSPORT; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER TABLES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN

Citation Formats

Jow, Hong-Nian, Moore, R C, Helean, K B, Mattigod, S, Hochella, M, Felmy, A R, Liu, J, Rosso, K, Fryxell, G, Krumhansl, J, and Wang, Y. Yucca Mountain Project - Science & Technology Radionuclide Absorbers Development Program Overview. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/840139.
Jow, Hong-Nian, Moore, R C, Helean, K B, Mattigod, S, Hochella, M, Felmy, A R, Liu, J, Rosso, K, Fryxell, G, Krumhansl, J, & Wang, Y. Yucca Mountain Project - Science & Technology Radionuclide Absorbers Development Program Overview. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/840139
Jow, Hong-Nian, Moore, R C, Helean, K B, Mattigod, S, Hochella, M, Felmy, A R, Liu, J, Rosso, K, Fryxell, G, Krumhansl, J, and Wang, Y. 2005. "Yucca Mountain Project - Science & Technology Radionuclide Absorbers Development Program Overview". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/840139. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/840139.
@article{osti_840139,
title = {Yucca Mountain Project - Science & Technology Radionuclide Absorbers Development Program Overview},
author = {Jow, Hong-Nian and Moore, R C and Helean, K B and Mattigod, S and Hochella, M and Felmy, A R and Liu, J and Rosso, K and Fryxell, G and Krumhansl, J and Wang, Y},
abstractNote = {The proposed Yucca Mountain repository is anticipated to be the first facility for long-term disposal of commercial spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States. The facility, located in the southern Nevada desert, is currently in the planning stages with initial exploratory excavations completed. It is an underground facility mined into the tuffaceous volcanic rocks that sit above the local water table. The focus of the work described in this paper is the development of radionuclide absorbers or ''getter'' materials for neptunium (Np), iodine (I), and technetium (Tc) for potential deployment in the repository. ''Getter'' materials retard the migration of radionuclides through sorption, reduction, or other chemical and physical processes, thereby slowing or preventing the release and transport of radionuclides. An overview of the objectives and approaches utilized in this work with respect to materials selection and modeling of ion ''getters'' is presented. The benefits of the ''getter'' development program to the United States Department of Energy (US DOE) are outlined.},
doi = {10.2172/840139},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/840139}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2005},
month = {Fri Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2005}
}