Open AccessPreliminary waste form characteristics report Version 1.0. Revision 1
Author(s) -
R.B. Stout,
H.R. Leider
Publication year - 1991
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/61004
Subject(s) - radioactive waste , high level waste , waste management , spent nuclear fuel , environmental science , engineering
This report focuses on radioactive waste form characteristics that will be used to design a waste package and an engineered barrier system (EBS) for a suitable repository as part of the Yucca Mountain Project. The term waste form refers to irradiated reactor fuel, other high-level waste (HLW) in various physical forms, and other radioactive materials (other than HLW) which are received for emplacement in a geologic repository. Any encapsulating of stabilizing matrix is also referred to as a waste form