Repository environmental parameters and models/methodologies relevant to assessing the performance of high-level waste packages in basalt, tuff, and salt

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/60423· OSTI ID:60423

Claiborne, H C; Croff, A G; Griess, J C; Smith, F J

This document provides specifications for models/methodologies that could be employed in determining postclosure repository environmental parameters relevant to the performance of high-level waste packages for the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) at Richland, Washington, the tuff at Yucca Mountain by the Nevada Test Site, and the bedded salt in Deaf Smith County, Texas. Guidance is provided on the identify of the relevant repository environmental parameters; the models/methodologies employed to determine the parameters, and the input data base for the models/methodologies. Supporting studies included are an analysis of potential waste package failure modes leading to identification of the relevant repository environmental parameters, an evaluation of the credible range of the repository environmental parameters, and a summary of the review of existing models/methodologies currently employed in determining repository environmental parameters relevant to waste package performance. 327 refs., 26 figs., 19 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 60423
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-4134-R2; ORNL/TM-9522-R2; ON: TI87013729
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
MONITORING
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
GROUND WATER
TEMPERATURE MONITORING
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
BASALT
TUFF
SALT DEPOSITS
LEACHING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
Yucca Mountain Project