Predicted temperatures in a bedded-salt repository resulting from burial of DOE high-level nuclear waste canisters

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6524516· OSTI ID:6524516

Sisson, C E

A 2-D thermal model is defined and used to calculate temperatures within support pillars of a bedded salt repository. The particular configuration considered includes DOE high-level waste canisters (producing 300 W each) buried three abreast below the floor of a 20-foot wide drift. A 3-D ''close-in'' thermal model is also defined and used to estimate the thermal response of bedded salt near the buried canisters. This model uses boundary conditions from the 2-D ''global'' model.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 6524516
• Report Number(s): SAND-78-0924; TRN: 79-002731
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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