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Integrated-tool development for the evaluation of radionuclide transport in the far-field of high-level radioactive waste repositories
The use of integrated probabilistic risk assessment tools to evaluate the barrier capability of a natural barrier system (NBS) in a nuclear waste repository is presented. The integrated risk assessment tools encompass highly detailed process models for flow and transport, probabilistic performance assessment (PA), and database management. In this paper development of an integrated tool for the modeling of far-field radionuclide transport in a generic salt repository is discussed. The tool was developed by wrapping the flow and transport reservoir simulator (FEHM) with the uncertainty quantification and optimization code (DAKOTA).