Open AccessPreliminary near-field environment report; Volume 1, Technical bases for EBS design
Author(s) -
D.G. Wilder
Publication year - 1993
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/138655
Subject(s) - las vegas , national laboratory , site selection , radioactive waste , test site , savannah river site , environmental science , yucca , engineering , archaeology , geography , mining engineering , waste management , engineering physics , ecology , nuclear physics , physics , metropolitan area , biology
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is investigating the suitability of Yucca Mountain as a potential site for the nation`s first high-level nuclear waste repository. The site is located about 120 km northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, in an area of uninhabited desert (Fig. 1). Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP) participant and is responsible for the development of waste package (WP) and engineered barrier system (EBS) design concepts, including materials testing and selection, design criteria development, waste-form characterization, performance assessments, and near-field environment (NFE) characterization