Published September 30, 1982 | Version v1
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Technical conservatism in the design and analysis of a nuclear-waste repository in basalt

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The US Department of Energy's National Waste Terminal Storage Program has adopted a policy of technical conservatism to guide the design and analysis of geologic disposal systems for commercial high-level radioactive waste. Technical conservatism serves as the programmatic philosophy for managing uncertainty in the performance of the disposal system. The implementation of technical conservatism as applied to a nuclear waste repository in basalt is discussed. Preliminary assessments of the performance of the waste package, repository, and site subsystems are compared to key proposed regulatory criteria. The comparison shows that there are substantial safety margins in the predicted performance of the nuclear waste repository in basalt

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A04/MF A01; 1 as DE83011928.

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Imprint Pagination
65 p.
Report number
RHO-BW-ST--36P

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14784181
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
BASALT; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PERFORMANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; SPECIFICATIONS; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
IGNEOUS ROCKS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES