Limiting-Individual Dose from an Extended-Source High-Level Waste Repository Model

Abstract

This paper focuses on the effects of mine design features on postclosure risk associated with a nuclear waste repository. Under conditions that enhance the effects of mine features and where the waste package allows high release rates, it was found that point-source repository models can lead to a range of “limiting-individual” doses covering several orders of magnitude. If engineered features are included in the models, these predicted doses are substantially lower.