Critical Parameters for a High-Level Waste Repository. Volume 3. Salt.

摘要

This is the third report of a three-volume series addressing critical parameters for an underground high-level nuclear waste repository in basalt, tuff, or salt. The report covers the identification and prioritization of critical parameters for a repository in bedded salt. Consideration was given to the relative importance of critical parameters in four specific discipline areas: geomechanics, geology, hydrology, and geochemistry. Relative importance of the parameters was independently considered for each of the four major phases of repository activity: site characterization, site construction, site operation, and site closure and deommissioning. Important activities that cover all phases are determination of hydrologic characteristics and salt dissolution rates, and their long-term monitoring.