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Performance Assessment of a Repository for Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Using the Probabilistic System Assessment Program Mascot

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. E. Sinclair  and
P.J. Agg
J. E. Sinclair
Affiliation:
AEA Technology, 424.4 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 ORA, UK
P.J. Agg
Affiliation:
AEA Technology, 424.4 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 ORA, UK
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Abstract

UK Nirex Ltd is planning the deep geological disposal of intermediate- and low-level radioactive wastes. A site close to Sellafield in Cumbria in the north-west of England has been selected for evaluation, and an extensive programme of site characterization is underway. In support of this programme of characterization, and in preparation for presentation of a post-closure radiological safety case, performance assessment using mathematical modelling has been carried out by the Disposal Safety Assessment Team at AEA Technology, on behalf of UK Nirex Ltd. This paper describes recent developments of the assessment models relating to the groundwater pathway for return of radionuclides to the environment.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 353: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVIII , 1994 , 559
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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