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Performance evaluation of repositories in deep geological formations for the medium level and alpha waste. The Pacoma project, granite option

Abstract

After the CEC PAGIS project (for vitrified waste), the PACOMA project started at the end of 1987 for medium level and alpha waste. The CEA-IPSN has been in charge of the granite option. For the PACOMA project, a representative inventory of waste has been built up, a repository concept (with one variant) has been defined and an adaptation of the near field module CONDIMENT of the safety evaluation code MELODIE, has been made in order to take into account the particularities of cemented waste with respect to the vitrified waste. For the normal evolution scenario, best-estimate calculations have been performed for a reference site (the french Auriat site) which is an outcropping granite and for two variants, the first one representing a coastal granite formation (Barfleur) and the other one, a granite with a sedimentary cover (notional British site). Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis have been performed with a 2D modelling of the geosphere (module METIS of the MELODIE code) instead of the 1D modelling (stream tube) previously used in the PAGIS project. After a general presentation of these points, the main results, namely the dose rates obtained through deterministic calculations, and the most important geosphere parameters, are presented.
Authors:
Cernes, A; Brun-Yaba, C; Lewi, J [1] 
  1. CEA Centre d`Etudes Nucleaires de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (FR). Inst. de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1990
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
CEA-DAS-747; CONF-9009208-
Reference Number:
SCA: 052002; PA: FRD-92:000608; SN: 92000737401
Resource Relation:
Conference: 3. European community conference on radioactive waste management and disposal,Luxembourg (Luxembourg),17-21 Sep 1990; Other Information: PBD: 1990
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; GRANITES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; PERFORMANCE; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; COMPUTER CODES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; DOSE RATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; 052002; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
OSTI ID:
10143751
Research Organizations:
CEA Centre d`Etudes Nucleaires de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (France). Dept. d`Analyse de Surete
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE92517863; TRN: FR9200608
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
FRN
Size:
13 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Cernes, A, Brun-Yaba, C, and Lewi, J. Performance evaluation of repositories in deep geological formations for the medium level and alpha waste. The Pacoma project, granite option. France: N. p., 1990. Web.
Cernes, A, Brun-Yaba, C, & Lewi, J. Performance evaluation of repositories in deep geological formations for the medium level and alpha waste. The Pacoma project, granite option. France.
Cernes, A, Brun-Yaba, C, and Lewi, J. 1990. "Performance evaluation of repositories in deep geological formations for the medium level and alpha waste. The Pacoma project, granite option." France.
@misc{etde_10143751,
title = {Performance evaluation of repositories in deep geological formations for the medium level and alpha waste. The Pacoma project, granite option}
author = {Cernes, A, Brun-Yaba, C, and Lewi, J}
abstractNote = {After the CEC PAGIS project (for vitrified waste), the PACOMA project started at the end of 1987 for medium level and alpha waste. The CEA-IPSN has been in charge of the granite option. For the PACOMA project, a representative inventory of waste has been built up, a repository concept (with one variant) has been defined and an adaptation of the near field module CONDIMENT of the safety evaluation code MELODIE, has been made in order to take into account the particularities of cemented waste with respect to the vitrified waste. For the normal evolution scenario, best-estimate calculations have been performed for a reference site (the french Auriat site) which is an outcropping granite and for two variants, the first one representing a coastal granite formation (Barfleur) and the other one, a granite with a sedimentary cover (notional British site). Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis have been performed with a 2D modelling of the geosphere (module METIS of the MELODIE code) instead of the 1D modelling (stream tube) previously used in the PAGIS project. After a general presentation of these points, the main results, namely the dose rates obtained through deterministic calculations, and the most important geosphere parameters, are presented.}
place = {France}
year = {1990}
month = {Dec}
}