A Performance Assessment Review Tool for the Proposed Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA

摘要

The analyses and results demonstrate only a snapshot of NRC's performance assessment capability that is being continually updated. NRC's models and approach are based on a specific design, simplifying assumptions, and sparse data in certain areas. The performance assessment methodology presented in this paper has aided NRC staff in conducting risk-informed performance-based evaluations by focusing their attention on a limited but significant set of integrated sub-issues and providing specific pre-licensing guidance to DOE on the models and parameters that significantly influence DOE's safety case.