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Performance Assessment Modeling of a Multi-Purpose Container

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Daniel B. Bullen
Daniel B. Bullen*
Affiliation:
Iowa State University, Nuclear Engineering Program, 107 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011-2241
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Abstract

A mathematical model to predict the cumulative failure distribution for the engineered barrier system employed in a deep geologic disposal facility as a function of container design and near-field environmental conditions has been developed. The model employs Weibull and exponential distributions to describe cumulative container failures as a function of time. Parameter values employed in the model are based upon simple, time-dependent, mechanistic models and relevant corrosion data, which describe failure of individual components of the container as a function of environmental conditions.

Recent developments in container design for the Yucca Mountain site center on the possible deployment of Multi-Purpose Containers (MPC). These containers will be designed and constructed to serve as transport casks, interim storage containers, and disposal containers. The current container performance assessment model is applied to evaluate the long-term performance of various MPC designs under the areal power density and heat transfer regimes expected in the Yucca Mountain environment. This model has previously been employed to describe the performance of the container as one part of a risk-based performance assessment of the Yucca Mountain site.

The relative importance of container design, areal power density, and dominant heat transfer mode on predicted MPC performance is demonstrated through comparison of the cumulative container failure distributions for each MPC design when exposed to expected Yucca Mountain environmental conditions.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 333: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVII , 1993 , 869
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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