Nuclear Regulatory Commission Activities Related to High-Level Waste Materials Issues

1981 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Robert Cook
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◽  
Waste Materials ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
High Level

ABSTRACTThis paper describes the materials related activities of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) staff in the area of high-level waste licensing of a geologic repository for nuclear waste. It frames these activities in the context of existing draft regulations for high-level waste disposal.

High-Level Waste Package Licensing Considerations for Extrapolating test Data

1986 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.C. Johnson ◽  
K.C. Chang ◽  
T.L. Jungling ◽  
L.S. Person ◽  
C.H. Peterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Data ◽  
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Waste Package ◽  
Performance Predictions ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
High Level ◽  
General Standard

AbstractPrograms intended to provide supporting information for the high-level radioactive waste (HLW) repository program must consider the licensing requirements and the technical issues involved with extrapolation of short-term test data to periods of up to 10,000 years. The licensing requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and the issues the NRC staff considers important for the development of predictive methods, are described. Because performance predictions of the geologic repository and particular components of the waste package must largely be based upon inference, a reasonable assurance, on the basis of the record before the Commission, is the general standard that will be required.

scholarly journals Functions of the Materials Review Board

1984 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Steindler ◽  
W. B. Seefeldt
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Waste Package ◽  
Performance Predictions ◽  
High Level Nuclear Waste ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
High Level ◽  
Nuclear Waste Policy

Some nuclear waste is destined for disposal in deep geological formations. The disposal system for wastes from commercial nuclear activities, and perhaps also for high-level wastes from defense-related activities, is to be designed and operated by the Department of Energy (DOE) and licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Nuclear Waste Policy Act [1] outlines some of the procedures and schedules that are to be followed by DOE in carrying out its assignment in the disposal of high-level nuclear waste (HLW). The regulations of the NRC that deal with HLW [2] are only partly in place, and amendments (e.g., related to the unsaturated zone) are yet to be approved and issued. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued only draft versions of the regulations pertaining to HLW disposal [3], but key features of these drafts are at present in adequate agreement with NRC documents. On the basis of the trends that have become evident in the last few years, the DOE will be required to substantiate performance predictions for all pertinent aspects of a repository, especially the performance of the engineered waste package. The basis for demonstrating that the waste package performance in the repository will be in concert with the requirements is data on the waste package materials. These key materials data must clearly be highly reliable, and DOE will be required to assure this reliability. This paper addresses the organization and functions that have been assembled to aid in establishing the quality of materials data that are important in the licensing of a waste repository.

Optimizing high-level nuclear waste disposal within a deep geologic repository

2016 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
pp. 733-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Johnson ◽  
Alexandra Newman ◽  
Jeffrey King
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Nuclear Waste Disposal ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
High Level Nuclear Waste ◽  
High Level

An Analysis of Waste Package Behavior for High-Level Waste

1982 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret S. Chu ◽  
James E. Campbell ◽  
Stephen E. Stuckwisch ◽  
Krishan K. Wahi ◽  
Malcolm D. Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Waste Package ◽  
Draft Standard ◽  
Geologic Disposal ◽  
Waste Repository ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
High Level

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a draft standard (40CFR191) [1] which specifies permissible limits for radionuclide releases from a high-level waste repository to the accessible environment. The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a proposed rule (10CFR60) [2] which contains technical criteria for geologic disposal of high-level waste to facilitate compliance with the EPA Draft Standard. The three main numerical criteria specified in 10CFR60 are:

Yucca Mountain Project Status

2002 ◽  
Vol 757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Kiess ◽  
Stephen H. Hanauer
Keyword(s):  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◽  
The United States ◽  
Yucca Mountain ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Regulatory Standard ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
High Level ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACTThe Yucca Mountain site was designated in July 2002 as the United States' location for a geological repository for spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive wastes. This site designation was a watershed event in the history of the project, enabling the U.S. Department of Energy to seek a license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct and operate a geologic repository. Summarized below are the history and technical basis for this site designation and some key anticipated future events. Many of the significant events to date have been framed by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (and Amendments) and the requirements of the regulatory standard.

Effect of γ-radiation on the passive layers of Ti and Ti0.2Pd container-materials for high-level waste disposal

1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 119-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Michaelis ◽  
S. Kudelka ◽  
J.W. Schultze
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Γ Radiation ◽  
High Level

THE USE OF CERAMIC SPONGES FOR HIGH LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL

1964 ◽  
pp. 543-571
Author(s):  
C.W. CHRISTENSON ◽  
R.G. THOMAS ◽  
W.H. ADAMS ◽  
E.B. FOWLER ◽  
G.D. KELLY
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
High Level

Geological Disposal for High-Level Waste: Ethical Considerations

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustaaf C. Cornelis
Keyword(s):  
Time Scales ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
High Level

Abstract This paper describes the activities launched at SCK•CEN, intended to explore ethical and other non-technical aspects when dealing with the time scales considered in the high-level waste disposal program. (1) Especially the issues of retrievability and precaution will be focused on philosophically. Many questions will be raised in order to sensitize all stakeholders for the transdisciplinary character of the transgenerational problem at hand.

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