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Use of Virtual Tracers in Repository Performance Assessment Modeling

Mariner, Paul M.; Basurto, Eduardo B.; Brooks, Dusty M.; Leone, Rosemary C.; Portone, Teresa P.; Swiler, Laura P.

A primary objective of repository modeling is identification and assessment of features and processes providing safety performance. Sensitivity analyses typically provide information on how input parameters affect performance, not features and processes. To quantify the effects of features and processes, tracers can be introduced virtually in model simulations and tracked in informative ways. This paper describes five ways virtual tracers can be used to directly measure the relative importance of several features, processes, and combinations of features and processes in repository performance assessment modeling.