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          Radioactive Waste  High-Level Waste Disposal  Key Documents  DOE's License Application for a High-Level Waste Geologic Repository at Yucca MountainYucca Mountain  Repository License Application: Safety Analysis Report

On this page: Chapter 1, "Repository Safety Before Permanent Closure" Chapter 2, "Repository Safety After Permanent Closure" Chapter 3, "Research and Development Program to Resolve Safety Questions" Chapter 4, "Performance Confirmation Program" Chapter 5, "Management Systems"*This page includes links to files in non-HTML format. See Plugins, Viewers, and Other Tools for more information.* Chapter 1, "Repository Safety Before Permanent Closure" Section Description Rev. ReceiptDateCvr-1.1 Cover page through Figure 1.1-9 in Section 1, "Site Description as It Pertains to Preclosure Safety Analysis" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 1.1, Figures 1.1-10 through 1.1-73 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 1.1, Figures 1.1-74 through 1.1-155 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20091.2 Section 1.2, "Surface Facility Structures, Systems, and Components and Operational Process Activities" Section 1.2.1, "Surface Operations Overview" Section 1.2.2, "Surface Facilities Structural, Mechanical Handling Equipment, and Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning System Design" Section 1.2.3, "Initial Handling Facility" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 1.2.4, "Canister Receipt and Closure Facility" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 1.2.5, "Wet Handling Facility" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 1.2.6, "Receipt Facility" Section 1.2.7, "Aging Facility" Section 1.2.8, "Balance of Plant Facilities" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20091.3 Section 1.3, "Subsurface Structures, Systems, and Components and Operational Process Activities" Section 1.3.1, "Subsurface Operations Overview" Section 1.3.2, "General Subsurface Design Considerations" Section 1.3.3, "Nonemplacement Areas of the Subsurface Facility" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 1.3.4, "Emplacement Areas of the Subsurface Facility" Section 1.3.5, "Subsurface Facility Ventilation" Section 1.3.6, "Subsurface Facility Closure" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20091.4 Section 1.4, "Infrastructure Structures, Systems, Components, Equipment, and Operational Process Activities" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20091.5 Section 1.5, "Waste Form and Waste Package" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20091.6-1.8 Section 1.6, "Identification of Hazards and Initiating Events" Section 1.7, "Event Sequence Analysis" Section 1.8, "Consequence Analysis" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20091.9-1.14 Section 1.9, "Structures, Systems, and Components Important to Safety; Natural and Engineered Barriers Important to Waste Isolation; Safety Controls; and Measures to Ensure Availability of the Safety Systems" Section 1.10, "Meeting the As Low As Is Reasonably Achievable Requirements for Normal Operations and Category 1 Event Sequences" Section 1.11, "Plans for Retrieval and Alternate Storage of Radioactive Wastes" Section 1.12, "Plans for Permanent Closure, Decontamination, and Dismantlement of Surface Facilities" Section 1.13, "Equipment Qualification Program" Section 1.14, "Nuclear Criticality Safety" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009 Chapter 2, "Repository Safety After Permanent Closure" Section Description Rev. ReceiptDate2.1 Section 2.1, "System Description and Demonstration of Multiple Barriers," Introduction through Figure 2.1-9 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.1, Figures 2.1-10 through 2.1-43 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20092.2 Section 2.2, "Scenario Analysis and Event Probability" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20092.3 Section 2.3, "Model Abstraction," Introduction through Figure 2.3.1-26 in Section 2.3.1, "Climate and Infiltration" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.1, Figures 2.3.1-27 through 2.3.1-55 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.2, "Unsaturated Zone Flow,"through Figure 2.3.2-8 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.2, Figures 2.3.2-9 through 2.3.2-52 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.3, "Water Seeping into Drifts,"through Figure 2.3.3-29 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.3, Figures 2.3.3-30 through 2.3.3-52 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.4, "Mechanical Degradation of the Engineered Barrier System," through Figure 2.3.4-9 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.4, Figures 2.3.4-10 through 2.3.4-53 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.4, Figures 2.3.4-54 through 2.3.4-98 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.5, "In-Drift Physical and Chemical Environment" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.6, "Waste Package and Drip Shield Corrosion" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.7, "Waste Form Degradation and Mobilization and Engineered Barrier System Flow and Transport" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.8, "Radionuclide Transport in Unsaturated Zone" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.9, "Saturated Zone Flow and Transport," through Figure 2.3.9-22 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.9, Figures 2.3.9-23 through 2.3.9-48 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.3.10, "Biosphere Transport and Exposure" Section 2.3.11, "Igneous Activity" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/20092.4 Section 2.4, "Demonstration of Compliance with the Postclosure Public Health and Environmental Standards," through Figure 2.4-32 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.4, Figures 2.4-33 through 2.4-114 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009Section 2.4, Figures 2.4-115 through 2.4-181 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009 Chapter 3, "Research and Development Program to Resolve Safety Questions" Section Description Rev. Receipt Date3.1-3.2 Section 3.1, "Identification of Safety Questions" Section 3.2, "Requirements for Identified Research and Development Programs" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009 Chapter 4, "Performance Confirmation Program" Section Description Rev. Receipt Date4.1-4.3 Section 4.1, "Performance Objectives and Overview" Section 4.2, "Performance Confirmation Program Activity Descriptions" Section 4.3, "General References" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009 Chapter 5, "Management Systems" Section Description Rev. Receipt Date5.1-5.11 Section 5.1, "Quality Assurance" Section 5.2, "Records, Reports, Tests, and Inspections" Section 5.3, "Training and Certification of Personnel" Section 5.4, "Expert Elicitation" Section 5.5, "Plans for Initial Startup Activities and Testing" Section 5.6, "Plans and Procedures for Conduct of Normal Activities, Including Operations, Maintenance, Surveillance, and Periodic Testing" Section 5.7, "Emergency Planning" Section 5.8, "Controls to Restrict Access and Regulate Land Uses" Section 5.9, "Uses of the Geologic Repository Operations Area for Purposes Other Than Disposal of Radioactive Wastes" Section 5.10, "License Specifications" Section 5.11, "Operational Radiation Protection Program" 0 06/03/20081 02/19/2009 
      
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