Description
Corrosion of the steel canister under anoxic conditions will result in hydrogen gas production. The hydrogen produced may accumulate and influence various processes in the repository, including spent fuel dissolution, groundwater movement and radionuclide transport in bentonite and in surrounding rock.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
SF/HLW canister
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
2.14
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
2.1.12, 3.2.09