Assessing microbiologically induced corrosion of waste package materials in the Yucca Mountain repository

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:289885

Horn, J. M., LLNL

The contribution of bacterial activities to corrosion of nuclear waste package materials must be determined to predict the adequacy of containment for a potential nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain (YM), NV. The program to evaluate potential microbially induced corrosion (MIC) of candidate waste container materials includes characterization of bacteria in the post-construction YM environment, determination of their required growth conditions and growth rates, quantitative assessment of the biochemical contribution to metal corrosion, and evaluation of overall MIC rates on candidate waste package materials.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 289885
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-130567; CONF-980520-; ON: DE98057861
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. international conference on nuclear engineering, San Diego, CA (United States), 10-15 May 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
BACTERIA
CORROSION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
CONTAINERS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
METALS