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