Description

Following closure, groundwater will migrate inwards from the host rock and saturate the void spaces within the repository near field. It may also resaturate through water inflow along the backfilled access tunnel system and shaft and / or their EDZs.

OPA Category

Category as used in the OPA assessment

ILW waste and packages

OPA Number

Number as used in the OPA assessment

2.01

Waste Relevance

Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant

ILW

NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)

Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999

2.1.08