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Title: Selection of a computer code for Hanford low-level waste engineered-system performance assessment. Revision 1

Abstract

Planned performance assessments for the proposed disposal of low-activity waste (LAW) glass produced from remediation of wastes stored in underground tanks at Hanford, Washington will require calculations of radionuclide release rates from the subsurface disposal facility. These calculations will be done with the aid of computer codes. The available computer codes with suitable capabilities at the time Revision 0 of this document was prepared were ranked in terms of the feature sets implemented in the code that match a set of physical, chemical, numerical, and functional capabilities needed to assess release rates from the engineered system. The needed capabilities were identified from an analysis of the important physical and chemical processes expected to affect LAW glass corrosion and the mobility of radionuclides. This analysis was repeated in this report but updated to include additional processes that have been found to be important since Revision 0 was issued and to include additional codes that have been released. The highest ranked computer code was found to be the STORM code developed at PNNL for the US Department of Energy for evaluation of arid land disposal sites.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
650139
Report Number(s):
PNNL-10830-Rev.1
ON: DE98052222; TRN: 98:009931
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Feb 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; COMPUTER CODES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; PERFORMANCE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; WASTE FORMS; CORROSION; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION

Citation Formats

McGrail, B P, and Bacon, D H. Selection of a computer code for Hanford low-level waste engineered-system performance assessment. Revision 1. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/650139.
McGrail, B P, & Bacon, D H. Selection of a computer code for Hanford low-level waste engineered-system performance assessment. Revision 1. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/650139
McGrail, B P, and Bacon, D H. 1998. "Selection of a computer code for Hanford low-level waste engineered-system performance assessment. Revision 1". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/650139. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/650139.
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author = {McGrail, B P and Bacon, D H},
abstractNote = {Planned performance assessments for the proposed disposal of low-activity waste (LAW) glass produced from remediation of wastes stored in underground tanks at Hanford, Washington will require calculations of radionuclide release rates from the subsurface disposal facility. These calculations will be done with the aid of computer codes. The available computer codes with suitable capabilities at the time Revision 0 of this document was prepared were ranked in terms of the feature sets implemented in the code that match a set of physical, chemical, numerical, and functional capabilities needed to assess release rates from the engineered system. The needed capabilities were identified from an analysis of the important physical and chemical processes expected to affect LAW glass corrosion and the mobility of radionuclides. This analysis was repeated in this report but updated to include additional processes that have been found to be important since Revision 0 was issued and to include additional codes that have been released. The highest ranked computer code was found to be the STORM code developed at PNNL for the US Department of Energy for evaluation of arid land disposal sites.},
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year = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
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