Published 1995 | Version v1
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Non-conservative assumptions in the 1992 Performance Assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Creators

  • 1. Environmental Evaluation Group, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Description

Performance/safety assessments have been conducted for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a repository for transuranic waste in salt. The authors challenge two key assumptions in the 1992 Performance Assessment that led to non-conservative results. The predicted release rate of radionuclides appears underestimated due to the use of expert elicited solubilities. The overall release has been underestimated due to the use of improperly elicited human intrusion probabilities

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Materials Research Society.
Imprint Place
Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
ISBN
1-55899-253-7
Imprint Title
Scientific basis for nuclear waste management 18. Part 1
Imprint Pagination
787 p.
Series
Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 353.
Journal Page Range
p. 519-526.

Conference

Title
18. international symposium on the scientific basis for nuclear waste management.
Dates
23-27 Oct 1994.
Place
Kyoto (Japan).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28006092
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; CALCULATION METHODS; EVALUATION; HUMAN INTRUSION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SALT CAVERNS; SOLUBILITY; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; WIPP
Descriptors DEC
CAVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PILOT PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-941075--.