Results from past performance assessments for the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-222

  Rechard, Rob P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

High level radioactive waste; Parameter sensitivity; Performance assessment; Probabilistic risk assessment; Radioactive waste disposal; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; SITE SELECTION; URANIUM;

HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PARAMETER SENSITIVITIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

NEPTUNIUM;

EID: 84887258802     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.030     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. SNL (Sandia National Laboratories). Total system performance assessment model/analysis for the license application. MDL-WIS-PA-000005. Las Vegas, NV: Sandia National Laboratories; 2008.
2. DOE (US Department of Energy). Yucca Mountain repository license application, safety analysis report. DOE/RW-0573. Washington, DC: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, US Department of Energy; 2008.
3. Rechard RP, Cotton TA, Voegele M. Site selection and regulatory basis for the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.021, this issue.
4. Rechard RP, Freeze GA, Perry FV. Hazards and scenarios examined for the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.014, this issue
5. Rechard RP, Wilson ML, Sevougian SD. Progression of performance assessment modeling for the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.026, this issue.
6. Rechard RP, Birkholzer JT, Wu Y-S, Stein JS, Houseworth JE. Unsaturated flow modeling in performance assessments of the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.025, this issue.
7. Rechard RP, Lee JH, Hardin E, Bryan CR. Waste package degradation from thermal and chemical processes in performance assessments of the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.027, this issue.
8. Rechard RP, Stockman CT. Waste degradation and mobilization in performance assessments of the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.028, this issue.
9. Rechard RP, Arnold BW, Robinson BA, Houseworth JE. Transport modeling in performance assessments for the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.031, this issue.
10. Rechard RP, Liu HH, Tsang YW, Finsterle S. Site characterization of the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.020, this issue.
11. Rechard RP, Voegele MD. Evolution of repository and waste package designs for Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.018, this issue.
12. M.G. Morgan, and M. Henrion Uncertainty: a guide to dealing with uncertainty in quantitative risk and policy analysis 1990 Cambridge University Press New York, NY
13. Link RL, Logan SE, Ng HS, Rockenbach FA, Hong K-J. Parameter studies of radiological consequences of basaltic volcanism. SAND81-2375. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories; 1982.
14. Sinnock S, Lin YT, Brannen JP. Preliminary bounds on the expected postclosure performance of the Yucca Mountain repository site, southern Nevada. SAND84-1492. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories; 1984.
15. S. Sinnock, Y.T. Lin, and J.P. Brannen Preliminary bounds on the expected postclosure performance of the Yucca Mountain repository site, southern Nevada Journal of Geophysical Research 92 B8 1987 7820 7842
16. Barnard RW, Wilson ML, Dockery HA, Gauthier JH, Kaplan PG, Eaton RR, et al. TSPA 1991: an initial total-system performance assessment for Yucca Mountain. SAND91-2795. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories; 1992.
17. Wilson ML, Gauthier JH, Barnard RW, Barr GE, Dockery HA, Dunn E, et al. Total-system performance assessment for Yucca Mountain - SNL second iteration (TSPA-1993). Executive summary and two volumes.SAND93-2675 Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories; 1994.
18. Atkins JE, Andrews RW, Duguid JO, Dunlap BE, Houseworth JE, Kennedy LR, et al. Total system performance assessment - 1995: an evaluation of the potential Yucca Mountain Repository. B00000000-01717-2200-00136 REV 01. Las Vegas, NV: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor; 1995.
19. DOE (US Department of Energy). Viability assessment of a repository at Yucca Mountain. DOE/RW-0508. Washington, DC: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, US Department of Energy; 1998.
20. DOE (US Department of Energy). Yucca Mountain science and engineering report. DOE/RW-0539. Las Vegas, NV: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, US Department of Energy; 2001.
21. Andrews RW, Dale TR, McNeish JA. Total system performance assessment - 1993: an evaluation of the potential Yucca Mountain Repository. B00000000-01717-2200-00099 REV 01. Las Vegas, NV: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor. INTERA, Inc.; 1994.
22. Rechard RP. Performance assessment of the direct disposal in unsaturated tuff of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste owned by US Department of Energy, vols. 1-3. SAND94-2563/1,2,3. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories; 1995.
23. Rechard RP. Update to assessment of direct disposal in unsaturated tuff of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste owned by US Department of Energy. DOE/SNF/REP-015, INEEL/EXT-98-00185, SAND98-0795. Washington, DC: US Department of Energy; 1998.
24. CRWMS (Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System). Total system performance assessment of a geologic repository containing plutonium waste forms. A00000000-01717-5705-00011 REV 00. Las Vegas, NV: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor; 1996.
25. CRWMS (Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System). Total system performance assessment sensitivity studies of US Department of Energy spent nuclear fuel. A00000000-01717-5705-00017 REV 01. Las Vegas, NV: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor; 1997.
26. CRWMS (Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System). License application design selection report. B00000000-01717-4600-00123 REV 01 ICN 01. Las Vegas, NV: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor; 1999.
27. CRWMS (Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System). Total system performance assessment for the site recommendation. TDR-WIS-PA-000001 REV 00, ICN 01. Las Vegas, NV: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor; 2000.
28. DOE (US Department of Energy). Supplement to the draft environmental impact statement for a geologic repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level Radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. DOE/EIS-0250D-S. Las Vegas, NV: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, US Department of Energy; 2001.
29. DOE (US Department of Energy). Yucca Mountain site suitability evaluation. DOE/RW-0549. Las Vegas, NV: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, US Department of Energy; 2001.
30. R.P. Rechard, and M.S. Tierney Assignment of probability distributions for parameters in the 1996 performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Part 1: description of process Reliability Engineering and System Safety 88 1 2005 1 32
31. R.P. Rechard, and M.S. Tierney Assignment of probability distributions for parameters in the 1996 performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Part 2: application of process Reliability Engineering and System Safety 88 1 2005 33 80
32. J.C. Helton, C.W. Hansen, and C.J. Sallaberry Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in performance assessment for the proposed repository for high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Reliability Engineering and System Safety 107 2012 44 63
33. R.P. Rechard Historical background on performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Reliability Engineering and System Safety 69 1-3 2000 5 46
34. Lin YT, Tierney MS, Sinnock S. Preliminary estimates of groundwater travel time and radionuclide transport at Yucca Mountain repository site. SAND85-2701. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories; 1986.
35. DOE (US Department of Energy). Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112), environmental assessment, Yucca Mountain Site, Nevada research and development area, Nevada. DOE/RW-0073. Washington, DC: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, US Department of Energy; 1986.
36. Wilson ML. Sensitivity analyses for total-system performance assessment. In: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on high level radioactive waste management, Las Vegas, NV, April 26-30, 1993. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, vol. 1; 1993. p. 14-21.
37. N.A. Eisenberg, M.P. Lee, T.J. McCartin, K.I. McConnell, M. Thaggard, and A.C. Campbell Development of a performance assessment capability in the waste management programs of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Risk Analysis 19 5 1999 847 876
38. NA/NRC (National Academies/National Research Council). A study of the isolation system for geologic disposal of radioactive wastes. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1983.
39. R.P. Rechard, M.S. Tierney, L.C. Sanchez, and M.-A. Martell Bounding estimates for critical events when directly disposing highly enriched spent nuclear fuel in unsaturated tuff Risk Analysis 17 1 1997 19 35 (Pubitemid 27184352)
40. Flint LE, Flint AL. Spatial distribution of potential near surface moisture flux at Yucca Mountain. In: Proceedings of fifth annual international conference on high-level radioactive waste management, Las Vegas, NV, May 22-26, 1994. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society; 1994. p. 2352-8.
41. NWTRB (Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board) Report to the US congress and the US secretary of energy, January to December 1993 1994 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Arlington, VA
42. NWTRB (Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board) Report to the US congress and the US secretary of energy, 1994 findings and recommendations 1995 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Arlington, VA
43. Sevougian SD. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 11 of total system performance assessment-viability assessment (TSPA-VA) analyses technical basis document. B00000000-01717-4301-00011 REV 01. Las Vegas, NV: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor; 1998.
44. BSC (Bechtel SAIC Company). FY01 supplemental science and performance analyses, Volume 2: performance analyses. TDR-MGR-PA-000001 REV 00 ICN 01. Las Vegas, NV: Bechtel SAIC Company; 2001.
45. DOE (US Department of Energy). Final environmental impact statement for a geologic repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. DOE/EIS-0250F. Las Vegas, NV: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, US Department of Energy; 2002.
46. Swift PN, Knowles K, McNeish J, Sevougian SD, Tynan M, van Luik A. Broader perspectives on the Yucca Mountain performance assessment. In: Proceedings of international high-level radioactive waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 7-11, 2008. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society; 2008.
47. NRC (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission). Disposal of high-level radioactive wastes in a proposed geological repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, proposed rule. Federal Register 1999; 64: 8640-79.
48. Rechard RP, Stockman CT. Overview of components in waste form degradation model in TSPA-SR. In: Proceedings of 9th international high-level radioactive waste management conference (IHLRWM), Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, NV, April 29-May 3, 2001. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society; 2001.
49. Swift P, Sauer ML, Gaither KN, Barr GE, Kalinich DA. Modeling igneous disruptions in Yucca Mountain total system performance assessments. In: Proceedings of 9th international high-level radioactive waste management conference (IHLRWM), Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, NV, April 29-May 3, 2001. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society; 2001.
50. R.P. Rechard, and M.S. Tierney Improbability of igneous intrusion promoting criticality of spent nuclear fuel disposed in unsaturated tuff Risk Analysis 25 4 2005 997 1028 (Pubitemid 41568598)
51. Swift P.N., Knowles K., McNeish J., Hansen C.W., Howard R.L., MacKinnon R., et al. Yucca Mountain 2008 performance assessment: Summary. In: Proceedings of international high-level radioactive waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 7-11, 2008. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society; 2008.
52. MacKinnon RJ, Baca RG, Behie A, Chen Y, Chipman V, Lee J, et al. Yucca Mountain 2008 performance assessment: Modeling the engineered barrier system. In: Proceedings of international high-level radioactive waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 7-11, 2008. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society; 2008.
53. DOE (US Department of Energy). 2009 WIPP compliance recertification application. DOE/WIPP 2009-3424. Carlsbad, NM: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad Field Office, US Department of Energy; 2009.
54. Sallaberry CJ, Aragon A, Bier A, Chen Y, Groves JW, Hansen CW, et al. Yucca Mountain 2008 performance assessment: uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for physical processes. In: Proceedings of international high-level radioactive waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 7-11, 2008. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society; 2008.
55. Rechard RP, McCord J, Knowlton RG. Guidelines for consistent treatment of parameter uncertainty in TSPA-LA. In: Proceedings of the 10th international high-level radioactive waste management conference (IHLRWM), Las Vegas, NV, March 31-April 3, 2003. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society; 2003.
56. BRC (Blue Ribbon Commission) Report to the Secretary of Energy 2012 Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Washington, DC
57. Jenkins-Smith HC, Silva CL, Herron KG, Rechard RP, Gupta K, Nowlin M, et al. Perspectives on nuclear waste management. FCRD-USED-2011-000334. Idaho Falls, ID: US Department of Energy Fuel Cycle Technology Program; 2011.
58. H.C. Jenkins-Smith, C.L. Silva, K.G. Herron, S.R. Trousset, and R.P. Rechard Enhancing acceptability and credibility of a repository for spent nuclear fuel The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering 42 2 2012 49 58
59. H.C. Jenkins-Smith, and C. Silva The role of risk perception and technical information in scientific debates over nuclear waste storage Reliability Engineering and System Safety 59 1998 107 122 (Pubitemid 128391549)
60. Helton JC, Hansen CW, Sallaberry CJ. Expected dose and associated uncertainty and sensitivity analysis results for all scenario classes in the 2008 performance assessment for the proposed high level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.016, this issue.
61. Sallaberry CJ, Hansen CW, Helton JC. Expected dose for the igneous scenario classes in the 2008 performance assessment for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Reliability Engineering and System Safet y. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.011, this issue.
62. Hansen CW, Behie GA, Bier A, Brooks KM, Chen Y, Helton JC, et al. Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for the seismic scenario classes in the 2008 performance assessment for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.002, this issue.