Description
Cracking of the liner and backfill is likely and could lead to the formation of connected paths through the liner and the backfill. However, the low hydraulic conductivity of the surrounding host rock is expected to prevent advective transport along these paths.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
ILW backfill and liner
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
2.11
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
2.1.07, 2.1.08