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Demonstration of a System Performance Assessment Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Kenneth W. Dormuth
Kenneth W. Dormuth*
Affiliation:
AECL Research, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, Manitoba ROE 1LO
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Abstract

To help evaluate the concept of nuclear fuel waste disposal in plutonic rock of the Canadian Shield, the long-term performance of a hypothetical disposal facility is being studied. This case study uses information from a Shield research area, laboratories, and conceptual engineering. It illustrates the use of performance assessment to derive constraints on the siting, construction, and operation of a disposal facility, and to demonstrate the feasibility of safe disposal of nuclear fuel waste.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 212: Symposium P – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIV , 1990 , 779
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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