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Retrieval of nuclear waste canisters from a borehole
Borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste (HLW) uses off-the-shelf directional drilling technology developed and commercialized by the oil and gas sectors. It is a technology that has been gaining traction in recent years in the nuclear industry. Disposal can be done in one or more boreholes (including an array) drilled into suitable sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic host rocks. Waste is encapsulated in specialized corrosion-resistant canisters, which are placed end to end in disposal sections of relatively small-diameter boreholes that have been cased and fluid-filled. After emplacement, the vertical access hole is plugged and backfilled as an engineered barrier.
N. A. Uckan, S. Putvinski, J. Wesley, H-W. Bartels, T. Honda, T. Amano, D. Boucher, N. Fujisawa, D. Post, M. Rosenbluth
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 551-557
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11962996
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Plasma operation conditions and physics requirements to be used as a basis for safety analysis studies are developed and physics results motivated by safety considerations are presented for the ITER design. Physics guidelines and specifications for enveloping plasma dynamic events for Category I (operational event), Category II (likely event), and Category III (unlikely event) are characterized. Safety related physics areas that are considered are: (i) the effect of plasma on machine and safety (runaway electrons) and (ii) plasma response to ex-vessel LOCA from the first wall, providing a potential passive plasma shutdown due to Be evaporation. Physics models and expressions developed are implemented in a safety analysis code (SAFALY, couples 0-D dynamic plasma model to thermal response of the in-vessel components). Results from SAFALY are presented.