Radioactive waste isolation in salt: peer review of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's report on reference conceptual designs for a repository waste package

Abstract

NOTICE TO READERS At the request of the Salt Repository Project Office (SRPO), Argonne National Laboratory carried out a review of a Westinghouse Electronic Corporation report entitled "Waste Package Reference Conceptual Designs for a Repository in Salt," WTSD-TM-001, revision A*. This report includes designs for: the reference defense high level waste form from the Savannah River Plant; an optimized commercial high level waste form; and, spent fuel which has been disassembled and compacted into a circular bundle. It has provided a sound basis for the development of the advanced waste package conceptual design. Specific instructions were provided to the review panel. The panel also reviewed the document from a broad point of view. Valuable comments were provided by the panel. Resolution of the comments and recommendations are included in Appendix C of this report.

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“…43 6-10 Removal of the waste from the "overpack" (proposed by Westinghouse) is impractical. See Rote et al (1985).…”