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Selection of Barrier Metals for a Waste Package in Tuff*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

E. W. yyRussell ,
R. D. McCright  and
W. C. O'Neal
E. W. yyRussell
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
R. D. McCright
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
W. C. O'Neal
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
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Abstract

The Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) project under the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program is planning a repository at Yucca Mountain at the Nevada Test Site for isolation of high-level nuclear waste. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is developing designs for an engineered barrier system containing several barriers such as the waste form, a canister and/or an overpack, packing, and near field host rock. In this paper we address the selection of metal containment barriers.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 763
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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Work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract number W-7405-ENG-48.

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