
doi: 10.2172/808017
Yucca Mountain, approximately 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been selected as the site for the nation's first geologic repository for high level nuclear waste. The Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) is currently developing the design for the underground facilities. Ventilation is a key component of the design as a way to maintain the desired thermal conditions in the emplacement drifts prior to closure. As a means of determining the effects of continuous ventilation on heat removal from the emplacement drifts two series of scaled ventilation tests have been performed. Both test series were performed in the DOE/North Las Vegas Atlas facility. The tests provided scaled (nominally 25% of the full scale emplacement drift design) thermal and flow process data that will be used to validate YMP heat and mass transport codes. The Phase I Ventilation Test series evaluated the ability of ambient ventilation air to remove energy under varying flow and input power conditions. The Phase II Ventilation Test series evaluated the ability of pre-conditioned ventilation air to remove energy under varying flow, input temperature and moisture content, and simulated waste package input power conditions. Twenty-two distinct ventilation tests were run.
And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities, Design, Testing, 12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, Transport, Underground Facilities, Ventilation, Radioactive Wastes, Wastes, Removal, Positioning, Moisture, Yucca Mountain
And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities, Design, Testing, 12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, Transport, Underground Facilities, Ventilation, Radioactive Wastes, Wastes, Removal, Positioning, Moisture, Yucca Mountain
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