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Table of Contents
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages v-xiii
Author Index
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages xiv-xvi
Two Roads in a Yellow Wood: Consent or Science-Based Siting
Mark Callis Sanders (Sanders Eng.), Charlotta E. Sanders (UNLV)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 7-13
Nuclear Waste Facility Siting: Learning from Success and Failure
James A. Hamilton, Mary Woollen, Dan Ma (Deep Isolation)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 14-19
Study of Regulatory Requirements Related to Site Feature Survey for High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository in S. Korea
Hun Cha, Hyundong Woo, Sunjong Park, Seung Gyu Hyun (KINS)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 20-22
Dual-Purpose Canister Filling Simulation and Validation: Part I—Simulations
Emilian Popov, Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 33-38
Neutron Absorber Considerations for the DOE Standardized Canister
Gordon Petersen, Brett Carlsen, Josh Jarrell (INL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 39-46
Dual-Purpose Canister Filling Simulation and Validation: Part II—Validation
Nesrin O. Cetiner, Eliott J. Fountain, Venugopal K. Varma, Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 47-54
Dose to Cementitious Material for Moderator Exclusion in a Spent Nuclear Fuel Canister During a Repository Timeframe
Georgeta Radulescu, Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 55-58
Re-Evaluation of U.S. DOE R&D Efforts for Generic Deep Geologic Repositories—Roadmap Update
S. D. Sevougian, G. E. Hammond, P. E. Mariner, R. J. MacKinnon, P. N. Swift (SNL), R. D. Rogers, D. C. Dobson (Nuclear & Regulatory Support Services, LLC), M. C. Tynan (DOE)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 59-67
NUMO Safety Case: Results in Perspective
S. Nishikawa, T. Fujiyama (NUMO), I. G. McKinley (McKinley Consulting), S. M. L. Hardie (CSD Eng), H. Umeki (NUMO)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 68-76
A Systematic Radionuclide Migration Parameter Setting Approach for Potential Siting Environments in Japan
Takafumi Hamamoto, Keisuke Ishida, Sanae Shibutani, Kiyoshi Fujisaki (NUMO), Yukio Tachi (JAEA), Katsuhiko Ishiguro (NUMO), Ian McKinley (McKinley Consulting)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 77-82
Multi Hazard Assessment of Free Standing Concrete Dry Storage Systems
Mohammad Hanifehzadeh, Bora Gencturk (Univ of Southern California)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 99-106
Robust High-Fidelity Computational Model for Vibration Health Monitoring Toward Spent Fuel Integrity Assessment
Olivier Ezvan, Xiaoshu Zeng, Roger Ghanem, Bora Gencturk (Univ of Southern California)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 107-114
Package Testing of a Dual Purpose Cask for SNF From German Research Reactors
Thomas Quercetti, Robert Scheidemann, Steffen Komann, Viktor Ballheimer, Frank Wille (BAM)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 122-128
Evaluations of Removing Spent Nuclear Fuel from Shutdown Nuclear Power Plant Sites in the U.S.
Steven J. Maheras (PNNL), Ralph E. Best (Independent Consultant), Erica E. Bickford (DOE), Lawrence M. Massaro (Federal Railroad Administration), Matthew R. Feldman (ORNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 129-136
Building Public Understanding of Operations and Safety of SNF Transport by Rail in the U.S.
Erica Bickford (DOE), Mark Abkowitz (Vanderbilt Univ), Elizabeth Helvey, Lauren Rodman (North Wind Infrastructure and Technology)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 137-143
Railcar Dynamics Model of the ENSA/DOE Multimodal Transportation Campaign Rail Conveyance System
Kevin Kadooka, Pavlo Ivanusa, Nicholas Klymyshyn (PNNL), William Shust (Objective Engineers, Inc.), Casey Spitz (PNNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 152-158
Kalman Calibration Approach to Assess Hydraulic Impact Induced by the Construction and the Operation of the Planned IHLRW Repository—Cigeo (France)
Hakim Benabderrahmane (ANDRA), Dan Thuy Lam, Jaouher Kerrou (Univ of Neuchâtel), Laurent Tacher (EPFL - LMS), Pierre Perrochet (Univ of Neuchâtel)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 159-165
Lessons Learned from THMC Modeling of an In Situ Test for Engineered Barrier System
Liange Zheng, Hao Xu, Jonny Rutqvist, Jens Birkholzer (LBNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 178-185
Saponites as New Generation Engineered Buffer Materials for Harsh Environments
Yongliang Xiong, Yifeng Wang (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 186-188
Sensitivity Analysis in Repository Performance Assessment: Findings from an International Exercise
Dirk-Alexander Becker (GRS)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 198-204
Corrosion Resistant Alloy Canisters for Nuclear Waste Disposal in Horizontal Drillholes
Joe H. Payer (Univ of Akron), Stefan Finsterle (Finsterle GeoConsulting), John A. Apps (Consultant), Richard A. Muller (Deep Isolation)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 205-218
Long-Term Behavior of Bentonite Buffer in a Repository with a Chemo-Mechanical Approach
H. Xu, L. Zheng, J. Rutqvist, J. T. Birkholzer (LBNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 219-225
Characterization of Through-Wall Aerosol Transmission for SCC-Like Geometries
Samuel G. Durbin, Eric R. Lindgren, Ramon J. M. Pulido (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 235-240
Probabilistic Investigations on Pinching Failure of PWR SNF Rods Considering Hydride-Related Cladding Embrittlement
E. Eidelpes, L. F. Ibarra (Univ of Utah), R. A. Medina (Univ of New Hampshire)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 241-248
Neutron Residual Stress Mapping of Repaired Spent Nuclear Fuel Welded Stainless-Steel Canisters
Stylianos Chatzidakis, Wei Tang, Jian Chen, Roger Miller, Andrew Payzant, Jeffrey Bunn, Jy-An Wang (ORNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 249-253
Modeling Shock and Vibration of Used Nuclear Fuel Rods During Normal Conditions of Transportation
Nicholas Klymyshyn, Pavlo Ivanusa, Kevin Kadooka, Casey Spitz (PNNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 269-277
Quantifying Matrix Diffusion in Low-Permeable Geological Media
Qinhong Hu (Univ of Texas at Arlington)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 278-284
Benchmarking and QA Testing PFLOTRAN
Tara LaForce, Jennifer M. Frederick, Glenn E. Hammond, Emily R. Stein, Paul E. Mariner (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 285-293
Engineered Barrier Material Interactions at Elevated Temperatures: Bentonite-Metal Interactions Under Elevated Temperature Conditions
Carlos Jové Colón (SNL), Florie A. Caporuscio, Kirsten B. Sauer (LANL), Michael C. Cheshire (ORNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 302-308
A Low-Cost, High-Performance Anionic Getter Material with Applications for Engineered Barrier Systems
Jessica Kruichak, Nelson Bell, Edward N. Matteo, Yifeng Wang (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 309-310
Analysis of Radioactive Materials in Liquid Using in Situ SEM and ToF-SIMS
Xiao-Ying Yu, Jenn Yao, Zihua Zhu, Edgar Buck (PNNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 311-315
Uranyl Oxalate Species in Natural Environments: Stability Constants for Aqueous and Solid Uranyl Oxalate Complexes
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 336-339
Zircaloy-4 Cladding Degradation Tests Under Simulated Dry Storage Conditions —Creep and Delayed Hydride Cracking
Jong-Dae Hong, Euijung Kim, Sung Geun Kim, Yong-Sik Yang, Donghak Kook (KAERI)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 340-345
Overview of EPRI Research on Evaluation of Long Term Performance of Neutron Absorber Material Performance in Spent Fuel Pools
Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 353-358
Fission Gas Composition, Rod Internal Pressure, Rod Free Volume of High Burnup Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel Rods
R. A. Montgomery, R. N. Morris, R. H. Ilgner, J. M. Giaquinto, J. M. Scaglione, B. B. Bevard (ORNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 359-363
Increasing the Realism in Solute Transport Modelling
Björn Gylling (Gylling GeoSolutions), Bill Lanyon (Fracture Systems Ltd.), Josep Soler (IDAEA-CSIC), Kersti Nilsson (Geosigma AB), Martin Löfgren (Niressa AB), Paolo Trinchero (Amphos 21), Jan-Olof Selroos (SKB), Antti Poteri, Lasse Koskinen (Posiva Oy)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 364-371
Permeability Estimation for an Assembly of Ellipsoids with Size Distribution
Sitakanta Mohanty (System-View International, LLC), Razvan Nes (Consultant)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 387-394
Methods of Sensitivity Analysis in Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment (GDSA) Framework
Emily R. Stein, Laura P. Swiler, S. David Sevougian (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 395-400
Site Characterisation and Synthesis into SDMs for NUMO Safety Case
Kunio Ota, Hiromitsu Saegusa, Hirofumi Kondo, Junichi Goto, Takanori Kunimaru, Saori Yamada (NUMO)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 401-410
Nonlinear Dynamics of Aqueous Dissolution of Silicate Materials
Yifeng Wang (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 416-420
Investigation Conditions for Manufacturing Uniform Simulated High-Level Waste Granules Using Batch Type Rotary Kiln
Akihiro Suzuki, Yoichi Endo, Fumiki Mizusako, Atsushi Ouchi, Kenichi Matsushima (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development Co., Ltd.)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 421-424
Performance Assessment Model for Degradation of TRistructural-ISOtropic (TRISO) Coated Particle Spent Fuel
David Sassani, Fred Gelbard (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 425-429
Spent Nuclear Fuel Integrity R&D Work for Dry Storage in Korea
Donghak Kook, Jaeho Yang, Yang-hyun Koo, (KAERI)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 437-444
Analysis of Mechanical Integrity of Low Burnup Nuclear Fuel Assembly
Jae Yong Kim, KyungHo Yoon, Sung Uk Lee, HongRyoul Oh, DongHak Kook (KAERI)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 445-450
Synthesis and Processing of Meta-Stable Negative Thermal Expansion Materials, Zirconium Tungstate and Zirconium Phosphotungstate (ZrW2O8 and ZRWP2O12)
Margaret E. Gordon, Jeffrey A. Greathouse, Phillippe E. Weck (SNL), Eunja Kim (UNLV), Charles R. Bryan (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 459-462
Combined Computational and Experimental Study of Zirconium Tungstate
E. Kim (UNLV), M. E. Gordon, P. F. Weck, J. A. Greathouse, S. P. Meserole, M. Rodriguez, C. Payne, C. R. Bryan (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 463-467
Structural Properties of Crystalline and Amorphous Zirconium Tungstate from Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Jeffery A. Greathouse, Philippe F. Weck, Margaret E. Gordon (SNL), Eunja Kim (UNLV), Charles R. Bryan (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 468-470
Pore Structure, Fluid Flow and Radionuclide Transport in Geological Barrier Materials
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 480-486
Deep Isolation: Innovative Technology for the Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Other High-Level Waste
Rodney (Rod) A. Baltzer (Deep Isolation)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 487-491
A Plan to Prepare DOE-Managed Spent Fuel for Long-Term Storage, Transportation and Disposal
Josh J. Jarrell, Brett W. Carlsen , Gordon M. Petersen, Colleen V. Shelton-Davis, Philip L. Winston (INL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 492-497
Stability of Sea-Salt Deliquescent Brines on Heated Surfaces of SNF Dry Storage Canisters
Charles Bryan, Eric Schindelholz, Andrew Knight, Jason Taylor, Remi Dingreville (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 498-506
Analysis of Gas Samples Collected from the DOE High Burn-up Demonstration Cask
Charles Bryan, Russell Jarek, Christopher Flores, Elliott Leonard (SNL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 507-515
Performance Characteristics of High Burnup ZIRLO Cladding Fuel Rods
Guirong Pan (Westinghouse), Rosemary Montgomery (ORNL), David B. Mitchell (Westinghouse)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 516-522
Quantification of the Computational Biases in Fuel Depletion for the Swiss Disposal Concept
A. Shama (EPFL), S. Caruso (Nagra), A. Pautz (EPFL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 523-530
Long Term Mechanical Integrity Studies and Release From Spent Fuel Rods Failure
V. V. Rondinella, D. Papaioannou, R. Nasyrow, L. Fongaro, O. Dieste Blanco, T. A. G. Wiss (EC-JRC)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 531-535
Ductility of High-Exposure ZIRLOTM Cladding Following Drying and Storage
M. C. Billone (ANL)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 536-545
A Simple and Transparent Modelling Approach for Biosphere Assessment in Post-Closure Safety Assessment
Reda Guerfi (STUK), Björn Dverstorp, Maria Nordén (SSM), Ryk Klos (Aleksandria Sciences Ltd.), Shulan Xu (Xu Enironmental Consulting AB)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 546-553
Parameterizing Water Fluxes in the Geosphere-Biosphere Interface Zone: For Use in Biosphere Modelling as Part of the Long-Term Safety Assessment
Anders Wörman, Joakim Rim, Brian Babak Mojarrad (KTH), Shulan Xu (Xu Environmental Consulting AB)
Proceedings | International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019) | Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019 | Pages 554-558
