Open AccessWaste inventory and preliminary source term model for the Greater Confinement Disposal site at the Nevada Test Site
Author(s) -
M.S.Y. Chu,
E. Bernard
Publication year - 1991
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/613994
Subject(s) - radioactive waste , test site , waste management , waste disposal , environmental science , borehole , savannah river site , engineering , mining engineering , geotechnical engineering
Currently, there are several Greater Confinement Disposal (GCD) boreholes at the Radioactive Waste Management Site (RWMS) for the Nevada Test Site. These are intermediate-depth boreholes used for the disposal of special case wastes, that is, radioactive waste within the Department of Energy complex that do not meet the criteria established for disposal of high-level waste, transuranic waste, or low-level waste. A performance assessment is needed to evaluate the safety of the GCD site, and to examine the feasibility of the GCD disposal concept as a disposal solution for special case wastes in general. This report documents the effort in defining all the waste inventory presently disposed of at the GCD site, and the inventory and release model to be used in a performance assessment for compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency`s 40 CFR 191