Objective
THE COMPAS PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO LOOK AT THE MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF THOSE CONTAINERS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR OVERPACKING AND DISPOSING OF HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE. BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARTNERS IT WILL BE RESTRICTED TO THE EXAMINATION OF CONTAINERS FOR VITRIFIED WASTE RATHER THAN CONTAINERS FOR THE DIRECT DISPOSAL OF SPENT FUEL. THE PROJECT IS NOT CONCERNED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF A SPECIFIC DESIGN FOR LICENSING PURPOSES; IT IS ONLY INTENTED TO INVESTIGATE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNS
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPAS PROJECT ARE TO LOOK AT THE MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF THESE CONTAINERS AND DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY WILL BEHAVE WHEN SUBJECT TO THE MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS WHICH CAN BE FORESSEN IN REALISTIC DISPOSAL SCENARIOS.
IN ORDER TO PREDICT THE ULTIMATE MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE DISPOSAL CONTAINERS IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO USE COMPUTER AIDED MODELLING TECHNIQUES. THE EARLY PART OF THE COMPAS PROJECT THEREFORE INCLUDES A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF COMPUTATIONAL WORK WHICH IS AIMED AT DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE IN THE USE OF THESE TECHNIQUES.
DURING THE YEAR THE CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED TO INCLUDE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF TESTWORK AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTING. THE REVISED PROJECT PLAN NOW COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:
1. DIRECTORY OF COMPUTER CODES
2. CONTAINMENT CONCEPTS
3. FIRST BENCHMARK EXERCISE
4. PRELIMINARY RING TESTS
5. INTERMEDIATE TESTWORK
6. ANDVANCED TESTWORK
7. PREDICTION OF ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology other engineering and technologies nuclear engineering nuclear waste management
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels
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Coordinator
W1P 6BQ LONDON
United Kingdom
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