Engineered barrier systems (EBS) in the context of the entire safety case
Subtitle: workshop proceedings, Oxford, United Kingdom, 25-27 September 2002
By: in co-operation with the European Commission and hosted by United Kingdom Nirex Limited.
Contributors: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.; European Commission.
Series: Radioactive waste management; Radioactive waste management (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
Publisher: Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Paris, France
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.; Radioactive waste sites -- Design and construction.; Radioactive waste sites -- Evaluation.
Other titles: Engineered barrier systems in the context of the entire safety case
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Workshop objectives and agenda; title: 3. EBS function, design, characterisation and assessment; title: 4. Working group sessions; title: 5. Workshop conclusions; title: 6. References; title: Appendix A: Workshop agenda; title: Appendix B: Papers presented to the workshop. Managing design requirements for a repository in crystalline rock / Timo Äikas ; Managing design requirements of the French HLLW Programme in clay media / Jean-Michel Hoorelbeke, Stefan Mayer and Frédéric Plas ; Closure concept for the Morsleben LLW repository for radioactive waste design of drift seals in a former salt mine / Ralf Mauke, Jürgen Wollrath and Nina Müller-Hoeppe ; CROP, a project for comparative description of national concepts for disposal of radioactive waste / Roland Pusch and Christer Svemar ; The role of the EBS in demonstrating post-closure safety of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository / Robert J. MacKinnon ; Engineered barriers system modelling and performance assessment in SAFIR 2 / Xavier Sillen ... [et al.] ; EBS modelling and performance assessment from H12: results conclusions and future priorities / Hiroyuki Umeki ... [et al.] ; On-going activities of the EC project "BENIPA", current status, key issues and achievements / Jesús Alonso; title: Appendix C: Remit and composition of working groups ; Working groups remit ; Working groups composition; title: Appendix D: List of participants.