Release rates of radionuclides into dripping ground water Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Release rates of radionuclides into dripping ground water

Creator

  • Author: Sadeghi, M. M.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Lee, W. W. L.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Pigford, T. H.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Chambre, P. L.
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Place of Publication: California
    Additional Info: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 1990-01-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Packages of high-level waste are to be emplaced in unsaturated tuff at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository. Each cylindrical waste package is separated from surrounding rock by a 2-cm air gap. A possible mechanism for release of radionuclides is the dripping of ground water onto waste packages. Drips are assumed to penetrate cracks in failed container and to dissolve radionuclides as the partly failed container fills and overflows. For this wet-drip scenario, with assumed constant drip rate, we have developed analytical solutions for the time-dependent release rates of radionuclides to the surrounding rock. Release rates have been calculated for key radionuclides. 7 refs., 3 figs.
  • Physical Description: 5 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: Plutonium 234
  • Keyword: Environmental Transport
  • Keyword: Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Keyword: Oxygen
  • Keyword: Ground Water
  • Keyword: Radionuclide Migration
  • STI Subject Categories: 05 Nuclear Fuels
  • Keyword: Fission Products
  • Keyword: Leaks
  • Keyword: Tuff
  • Keyword: Yucca Mountain
  • STI Subject Categories: 54 Environmental Sciences
  • Keyword: High-Level Radioactive Wastes
  • Keyword: Underground Disposal
  • Keyword: Plutonium 238
  • Keyword: Plutonium 239
  • Keyword: Yucca Mountain Project
  • Keyword: Containers

Source

  • Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting, Nashville, TN (United States), 10-14 Jun 1990

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE90014308
  • Report No.: LBL--28430
  • Report No.: CONF-900608--48
  • Grant Number: AC03-76SF00098
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 137767
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc620609

Note

  • Display Note: INIS; OSTI as DE90014308
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