Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in the 2008 performance assessment for the proposed repository for high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

Conference · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:1013222

Helton, Jon Craig; Sallaberry, Cedric M; Hansen, Clifford W

Extensive work has been carried out by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the development of a proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain (YM), Nevada, for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste. As part of this development, an extensive performance assessment (PA) for the YM repository was completed in 2008 [1] and supported a license application by the DOE to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the construction of the YM repository [2]. This presentation provides an overview of the conceptual and computational structure of the indicated PA (hereafter referred to as the 2008 YM PA) and the roles that uncertainty analysis and sensitivity analysis play in this structure.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1013222
• Report Number(s): SAND2010-3087C; TRN: US1102444
• Resource Relation: Conference: Proposed for presentation at the SAMO 2010 Conference held July 19-22, 2010 in Milano, Italy.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONSTRUCTION
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
LICENSE APPLICATIONS
PERFORMANCE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
YUCCA MOUNTAIN