Linkage of geoscientific arguments and evidence in supporting the safety case
Subtitle: second AMIGO Workshop proceedings, Toronto, Canada, 20-22 September 2005.
Contributors: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
Series: Radioactive waste management; Radioactive waste management (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
Publisher: Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9789264019669
Subjects: Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Congresses; Radioactive waste repositories -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: The long-term safety of deep disposal of radioactive waste is strongly dependent on the performance of the geological setting. The geology fulfils important safety functions including isolating the waste from human contact or intrusion, providing a stable physical and chemical environment, insulating against external disturbances, and preventing or delaying the transport of radioactive materials away from the waste.  Thus, a sound understanding of the geology's history and evolution is central in supporting assessments that examine the long-term performance and safety of deep disposal. This conference proceedings examines how geoscientific arguments and data are compiled and linked to create a unified description of the geological setting to support a safety case. It also examines practical aspects and limitations in collecting, linking, extrapolating and communicating such information.
Notes: "NEA No. 6119."

Includes bibliographical references.