Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-l4dxg Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-12T05:15:30.275Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Project Opalinus Clay (Entsorgungsnachweis) - Illustrating the Safety and Robustness of the Proposed Disposal System for SF, HLW and Long-lived ILW

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

L. H. Johnson ,
J. W. Schneider ,
Piet Zuidema ,
P. Gribi ,
G. Mayer  and
P. A. Smith
L. H. Johnson
Affiliation:
Nagra, Switzerland
J. W. Schneider
Affiliation:
Nagra, Switzerland
Piet Zuidema
Affiliation:
Nagra, Switzerland
P. Gribi
Affiliation:
Vibro-Consult AG, Switzerland
G. Mayer
Affiliation:
Colenco Power Engineering AG, Switzerland
P. A. Smith
Affiliation:
Safety Assessment Management Ltd., UK
Get access

Abstract

Nagra (the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste) has completed a study to determine the suitability of Opalinus Clay as a host rock for a repository for spent fuel (SF), high-level waste from reprocessing (HLW) and long-livedintermediate-level waste (ILW). The proposed siting area is in the Zürcher Weinland region of Northern Switzerland. A repository at this site is shown to provide sufficient safety for a spectrum of assessment cases that is broad enough to cover all reasonable possibilities for the evolution of the system. Furthermore, the system is robust; i.e. remaining uncertainties do not put safety in question.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 899
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Nagra 2002: Projekt Opalinuston - Synthese der geowissenschaftlichen Untersuchungsergebnisse. Entsorgungsnachweis für abgebrannte Brennelemente, verglaste hochaktive sowie langlebige mittelaktive Abfälle. Nagra Technical Report NTB 02–03. Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland.Google Scholar
2. Nagra 2002: Projekt Opalinuston - Konzept für die Anlage und den Betrieb eines geologischen Tiefenlagers. Entsorgungsnachweis für abgebrannte Brennelemente, verglaste hochaktive sowie langlebige mittelaktive Abfälle. Nagra Technical Report NTB 02–02. Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland.Google Scholar
3. Nagra 2002: Project Opalinus Clay - Safety Report. Demonstration of disposal feasibility for spent fuel, vitrified high-level waste and long-lived intermediate-level waste (Entsorgungsnachweis). Nagra Technical Report NTB 02–05. Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland.Google Scholar