Description
Corrosion of the copper shell of the Cu/steel canister would produce no hydrogen. Hydrogen production would commence only after canister breaching, with the exposure of the steel to water (only occurs for defective canister or after the design lifetime of 100 000 years).
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
SF/HLW canister
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
2.14.1
Waste Relevance
Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant
SF
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999
2.1.12