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Concept of Operation for Waste Transport, Emplacement, and Retrieval

Description: The preparation of this technical report has two objectives. The first objective is to discuss the base case concepts of waste transport, emplacement, and retrieval operations and evaluate these operations relative to a lower-temperature repository design. Aspects of the operations involved in waste transport, emplacement and retrieval may be affected by the lower-temperature operating schemes. This report evaluates the effects the lower-temperature alternatives may have on the operational conc… more
Date: July 2, 2001
Creator: Raczka, Norman T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Robotics and remote handling concepts for disposal of high-level nuclear waste

Description: This paper summarizes preliminary remote handling and robotic concepts being developed as part of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Yucca Mountain Project. The DOE is currently evaluating the Yucca Mountain Nevada site for suitability as a possible underground geologic repository for the disposal of high level nuclear waste. The current advanced conceptual design calls for the disposal of more than 12,000 high level nuclear waste packages within a 225 km underground network of tunnels and emp… more
Date: April 27, 1997
Creator: McAffee, Douglas; Raczka, Norman & Schwartztrauber, Keith
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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