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Alternative Assessments of the Performance of the Yucca Mountain Candidate HLW Repository

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. H. Kessler ,
R. K. MCGuire ,
J. A. Vlasity  and
R. A. Klos
J. H. Kessler
Affiliation:
EPRI, Inc., 3412 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94304-1395 USA, ikessler@epri.com
R. K. MCGuire
Affiliation:
Risk Engineering, Inc., 4155 Darley Avenue, Suite A, Boulder CO 80303 USA
J. A. Vlasity
Affiliation:
Risk Engineering, Inc., 4155 Darley Avenue, Suite A, Boulder CO 80303 USA
R. A. Klos
Affiliation:
Aleksandria Sciences, 37, Coverdale Road, Sheffield, S7 2DD, United Kingdom
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Abstract

This paper summarizes some of the most recent total system performance assessment (TSPA) work supported by EPRI for the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. In Part I of the paper, (standard) TSPA analyses are presented. In Part II examples of two types of analyses that augment standard TSPAs are provided that suggest: (1) many components of the Yucca Mountain system contribute to overall hazard reduction; and (2) the biosphere dose conversions used, based on reasonably maximizing assumptions about future human behavior, provide a reasonable upper bound. These additional analyses should provide further confidence when considering more (standard) TSPA analyses.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 556: Symposium QQ – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII , 1999 , 535
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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