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Subsidence Study for Non-Crushable Containers in Slit Trenches at the Savannah River Site.

DE2008924153

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Hang, T.; Collard, L. B.; Phifer, M. A.
Page Count	10
Abstract	This study addresses the issue of waste and cover subsidence caused by corrosion of the non-crushable waste containers defined as containers with significant void space that will not be stabilized by dynamic compaction of the Earea Slit Trenches at the Savannah River Site. Concentrations at the hypothetical 100-m well were evaluated for 1,000 years and compared with the base case value for compliance. To generalize the results, a hypothetical, no-decay radionuclide characterized by a Kd (5 ml/g) that would be most problematic was selected. Although the non-crushable containers will not be stabilized by dynamic compaction, these containers will gradually corrode, eventually collapse after placement of the final closure cap and cause the cap to subside resulting in an increase of the infiltration rates. The vadose zone model estimated the contaminant fluxes that were input to the aquifer model for prediction of concentrations at the 100-m well. To study the potential effect of trench subsidence on the well concentrations within the 1000-year time window, two high-impact cases were considered. In the first case, trenches subsided right after dynamic compaction (i.e., at 125 years). In the second case, trenches subsided at 419 years to make the peak concentrations from both the subsided and unsubsided area align in space and time. The study shows that the first case presented no compliance problem for the subsidence of up to two trenches. In the second case, even a single trench subsidence caused the well concentration to be out of compliance. The peak concentration exceeded the base case value by as much as 15%. This paper discusses the general modeling approach and presents the study results.
Keywords	Containers Radioactive wastes Trenches Aquifers Closures Compliance Corrosion Contaminants Forecasting Radioisotopes Savannah River Plant Simulation Modeling
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Savannah River National Lab., Aiken, SC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200814
Contract Number	DE-AC09-96SR18500

Subsidence Study for Non-Crushable Containers in Slit Trenches at the Savannah River Site.

Subsidence Study for Non-Crushable Containers in Slit Trenches at the Savannah River Site.
DE2008924153

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Hang, T.; Collard, L. B.; Phifer, M. A.
Page Count	10
Abstract	This study addresses the issue of waste and cover subsidence caused by corrosion of the non-crushable waste containers defined as containers with significant void space that will not be stabilized by dynamic compaction of the Earea Slit Trenches at the Savannah River Site. Concentrations at the hypothetical 100-m well were evaluated for 1,000 years and compared with the base case value for compliance. To generalize the results, a hypothetical, no-decay radionuclide characterized by a Kd (5 ml/g) that would be most problematic was selected. Although the non-crushable containers will not be stabilized by dynamic compaction, these containers will gradually corrode, eventually collapse after placement of the final closure cap and cause the cap to subside resulting in an increase of the infiltration rates. The vadose zone model estimated the contaminant fluxes that were input to the aquifer model for prediction of concentrations at the 100-m well. To study the potential effect of trench subsidence on the well concentrations within the 1000-year time window, two high-impact cases were considered. In the first case, trenches subsided right after dynamic compaction (i.e., at 125 years). In the second case, trenches subsided at 419 years to make the peak concentrations from both the subsided and unsubsided area align in space and time. The study shows that the first case presented no compliance problem for the subsidence of up to two trenches. In the second case, even a single trench subsidence caused the well concentration to be out of compliance. The peak concentration exceeded the base case value by as much as 15%. This paper discusses the general modeling approach and presents the study results.
Keywords	Containers Radioactive wastes Trenches Aquifers Closures Compliance Corrosion Contaminants Forecasting Radioisotopes Savannah River Plant Simulation Modeling
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Savannah River National Lab., Aiken, SC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200814
Contract Number	DE-AC09-96SR18500