A methodology for scenario development based on understanding of long-term evolution of geological disposal systems

Autor: Katsuhiko Ishiguro, Toshihiro Koyama, Keiichiro Wakasugi, Shoko Yashio, Takeshi Ebashi, Hideki Kawamura, Hiroyoshi Ueda, Hiroshi Shiratsuchi
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. 49:673-688
ISSN: 1881-1248
0022-3131
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2012.693884
Popis: We have developed a “hybrid” scenario development method by combining bottom-up and top-down approaches and applied for the case of geological disposal of high-level waste. This approach provides a top-down perspective, by introducing a concept of safety functions for different periods and “storyboards”, which depict repository evolution with time on a range of spatial scales, and a bottom-up perspective, by identifying relationship between processes related to radionuclide migration and safety functions based on feature, event and process (FEP) management. Based on a trial study, we have specified work descriptions for each step of the hybrid scenario development methodology and confirmed that the storyboard provides a baseline and holistic overview for the FEP management and a common platform to involve close interaction with experts in various disciplines to understand the crossover phenomenological processes. We also confirmed that there is no conflict between the top-down approach and the bottom-up a...
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