Description
Waste containers produce significant heat at the time of emplacement, although the rate of heat production decreases over time. The heat output of COGEMA and BNFL reference waste containers is considered in developing the repository layout, in assessing the evolution and performance of engineered barriers and in developing data for solubility and sorption.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
Vitrified HLW
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
1.05
Waste Relevance
Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant
HLW
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999
1.1.07, 2.1.11