Description
Differential thermal expansion and other changes in the physical characteristics of EBS components owing to the presence of time-varying thermal gradients within the EBS.
Category
Category of FEP
Supercontainer EBS
Sub-category
Sub-category of FEP
Thermal processes
Ondraf Niras FEP Number
Ondraf Niras FEP Number
53
FEP Effects
Description of FEP Effects
These effects could lead to changes in stress and potentially to cracking of EBS components or to the enhancement of pathways through the EDZ. Thermal effects on material properties (e.g. permeability, porosity) could also affect EBS evolution.
NEA TN2 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA TN2 List of Proposed IFEP Revisions [NEA/RWM/R(2013)8]
2.3.1.4 Impact of thermal processes on other processes (waste package). 2.3.2.2 Thermal effects (waste package). 3.2.1.2 Impact of thermal processes on other processes (GDF).