Description
Slow plastic deformation of solids in response to deviatoric stress.
Category
Category of FEP
Supercontainer EBS
Sub-category
Sub-category of FEP
Physical / mechanical processes
Ondraf Niras FEP Number
Ondraf Niras FEP Number
58
FEP Effects
Description of FEP Effects
Creep could affect or cause damage to components of the EBS. For example, creep may occur in metals used in the supercontainer overpack or envelope, or in the EDZ as a result of stress relief in the host rock arising from gallery excavation.
NEA TN2 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA TN2 List of Proposed IFEP Revisions [NEA/RWM/R(2013)8]
3.2.3.2 Creep.