Description

Helium will be produced from alpha decay of HLW and, following canister breaching and ingress of water, will dissolve and be transported into the buffer and thence into the surrounding rock.

OPA Category

Category as used in the OPA assessment

Vitrified HLW

OPA Number

Number as used in the OPA assessment

2.12

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

2.1.13, 3.1.06