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Comparative Analysis of Results From Deterministic Calculations of the Release of Radioactivity From Geological Disposal of Spent Fuel in Crystalline Rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Slavka Prvakova
Affiliation:
EC-JRC, Institute for Energy, P.O. Box 2, 1755 ZGPetten, Netherlands
Pavel V. Amosov
Affiliation:
Mining Institute, MI KSC, Fersman Street, 24, Apatity, Murmansk Region, 184200, Russia
Karl-Fredrik Nilsson
Affiliation:
EC-JRC, Institute for Energy, P.O. Box 2, 1755 ZGPetten, Netherlands
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Abstract

This paper presents results from deterministic calculations of radionuclide migration in a deep geological environment. The concept assumes single canister with spent nuclear fuel situated in bentonite (near-field) and surrounded by crystalline host rock (far-field). The results are presented in the form of release rates from the near-field and far-field, which contains also a part of advective release from the system of two single fractures. Additionally, radiological risk is evaluated in the form of dose rates for a water drinking scenario for an exposed population group. The analyses have been done by using the methodologies and computer codes used at the Institute for Energy EC-JRC in the Netherlands and the Mining Institute KSC RAS in Russia.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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