Author/Authors :
Hansen، نويسنده , , C.W. and Behie، نويسنده , , G.A. and Brooks، نويسنده , , K.M and Chen، نويسنده , , Y. and Helton، نويسنده , , J.C. and Hommel، نويسنده , , S.P. and Lee، نويسنده , , K.P. and Lester، نويسنده , , B. and Mattie، نويسنده , , P.D. and Mehta، نويسنده , , S. and Miller، نويسنده , , S.P. and Sallaberry، نويسنده , , C.J. and Sevougian، نويسنده , , S.D. and Wasiolek، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Extensive work has been carried out by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the development of a proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain (YM), Nevada, for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste. In support of this development and an associated license application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the DOE completed an extensive performance assessment (PA) for the proposed YM repository in 2008. This presentation describes the assessment of compliance with ground water protection standards in the 2008 YM PA. The following topics are addressed: (i) regulatory background, (ii) analysis structure including characterization of uncertainty, and (iii) analysis results for each of the ground water protection standards. The present article is part of a special issue of Reliability Engineering and System Safety devoted to the 2008 YM PA; additional articles in the issue describe other aspects of the 2008 YM PA.
Keywords :
epistemic uncertainty , Ground water protection , Performance Assessment , Radioactive waste disposal , Sensitivity analysis , uncertainty analysis , Yucca Mountain
