U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific and Technical Information
Development of the Performance Confirmation Program at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Abstract
The Yucca Mountain Performance Confirmation program consists of tests, monitoring activities, experiments, and analyses to evaluate the adequacy of assumptions, data, and analyses that form the basis of the conceptual and numerical models of flow and transport associated with a proposed radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The Performance Confirmation program uses an eight-stage risk-informed, performance-based approach. Selection of the Performance Confirmation activities (a parameter and a test method) for inclusion in the Performance Confirmation program was done using a risk-informed performance-based decision analysis. The result of this analysis and review was a Performance Confirmation base portfolio that consists of 20 activities. The 20 Performance Confirmation activities include geologic, hydrologic, and construction/engineering testing. Several of the activities were initiated during site characterization and are ongoing. Others activities will commence during construction and/or post emplacement and will continue until repository closure.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 893878
- Report Number(s):
- NA
MOL.20060425.0184, DC# 47436; TRN: US0606184
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CONSTRUCTION; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; POSITIONING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TESTING; TRANSPORT; YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Citation Formats
LeCain, G D, Snell, R, Barr, D, Goodin, S W, Weaver, D, and Hansen, F D. Development of the Performance Confirmation Program at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. United States: N. p., 2006.
Web. doi:10.2172/893878.
LeCain, G D, Snell, R, Barr, D, Goodin, S W, Weaver, D, & Hansen, F D. Development of the Performance Confirmation Program at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/893878
LeCain, G D, Snell, R, Barr, D, Goodin, S W, Weaver, D, and Hansen, F D. 2006.
"Development of the Performance Confirmation Program at Yucca Mountain, Nevada". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/893878. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/893878.
@article{osti_893878,
title = {Development of the Performance Confirmation Program at Yucca Mountain, Nevada},
author = {LeCain, G D and Snell, R and Barr, D and Goodin, S W and Weaver, D and Hansen, F D},
abstractNote = {The Yucca Mountain Performance Confirmation program consists of tests, monitoring activities, experiments, and analyses to evaluate the adequacy of assumptions, data, and analyses that form the basis of the conceptual and numerical models of flow and transport associated with a proposed radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The Performance Confirmation program uses an eight-stage risk-informed, performance-based approach. Selection of the Performance Confirmation activities (a parameter and a test method) for inclusion in the Performance Confirmation program was done using a risk-informed performance-based decision analysis. The result of this analysis and review was a Performance Confirmation base portfolio that consists of 20 activities. The 20 Performance Confirmation activities include geologic, hydrologic, and construction/engineering testing. Several of the activities were initiated during site characterization and are ongoing. Others activities will commence during construction and/or post emplacement and will continue until repository closure.},
doi = {10.2172/893878},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/893878},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 17 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Fri Mar 17 00:00:00 EST 2006}
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