LLNL Input to SNL L2 MS: Report on the Basis for Selection of Disposal Options

Sutton, M ; Blink, J A ; Halsey, W G

关键词: R FACILITIES;    BASALT;    BASEMENT ROCK;    BOREHOLES;    CALCITE;    CARBONATES;    GRANITES;    HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES;    INJECTION;    ISLANDS;    LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY;    MOUNTAINS;    NEVADA;    POSITIONING;    RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;    RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE;    ROCKS;    SHALES;    SITE SELECTION;    SPACE;    TUFF;    UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1021541
RP-ID  :  LLNL-TR-471858
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1021541
Others  :  TRN: US1104190

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This mid-year deliverable has two parts. The first part is a synopsis of J. Blink's interview of the former Nevada Attorney General, Frankie Sue Del Papa, which was done in preparation for the May 18-19, 2010 Legal and Regulatory Framework Workshop held in Albuquerque. The second part is a series of sections written as input for the SNL L2 Milestone M21UF033701, due March 31, 2011. Disposal of high-level radioactive waste is categorized in this review into several categories. Section II discusses alternatives to geologic disposal: space, ice-sheets, and an engineered mountain or mausoleum. Section III discusses alternative locations for mined geologic disposal: islands, coastlines, mid-continent, and saturated versus unsaturated zone. Section IV discusses geologic disposal alternatives other than emplacement in a mine: well injection, rock melt, sub-seabed, and deep boreholes in igneous or metamorphic basement rock. Finally, Secton V discusses alternative media for mined geologic disposal: basalt, tuff, granite and other igneous/metamorphic rock, alluvium, sandstone, carbonates and chalk, shale and clay, and salt.