Testing of safety and performance indicators

Objective

Existing performance assessment studies for final repositories use only dose rates as indicators for the long-term safety. Additional information, however, could be gained from other indicators such as concentrations or release rates in specific parts of the disposal system. Those indicators are often called safety indicators, if they refer to the safety of the total disposal system and performance indicators, if they refer to the performance of subsystems. The proposed project intends to identify a number of different safety and performance indicators and to test their suitability for evaluating the long term performance of disposal systems. The mentioned work will be done by re-calculating different existing studies with different tools, which have to be slightly modified in order to calculate the indicators. The suitability of indicators will be tested by intercomparing the results as well as by comparing with reference values.
Modified performance assessment codes have been generated. All other usable outcome of the project is covered by the deliverables, mainly the Final Scientific Report. This is foremost the knowledge about the usefulness of specific indicators for safety and performance assessment purposes.

Programme(s)

• FP5-EAECTP C - Research and training programme (Euratom) in the field of nuclear energy (1998 to 2002)

Topic(s)

• 2.1.2.-2.1.4 - Performance assessment of repository systems

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANLAGEN- UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) MBH

Address

Theodor-heuss-strasse 4
38122 Braunschweig
Germany

Participants (7)

BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE

Belgium

Address

200,boeretang 200
2400 Mol

COLENCO POWER ENGINEERING LTD

Switzerland

Address

Mellingerstrasse 207
5405 Baden

EMPRESA NACIONAL DE RESIDUOS RADIOACTIVOS S.A.

Spain

Address

7,emilio Vargas 7
28043 Madrid

NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Switzerland

Address

Hardstrasse 73
5430 Wettingen

Links

NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP

Netherlands

Address

Utrechtseweg 310
Arnhem

NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE REZ A.S.

Czechia

Address

Rez 130
250 68 Rez - Praha

TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND

Finland

Address

4 C,tekniikantie 4 C
02044 Espoo