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An integrated numerical model for groundwater flow and radionuclide migration analyses in a water-saturated HLW repository with a multiple-canister configuration is developed by incorporating the heterogeneity of fractured host rock based on the previous multiple-canister model (MCFT2D [1, 2]). The current model incorporates i) heterogeneity of the fractured host rock represented stochastically by discrete fractures, ii) disposal-pit vertical emplacement concept, iii) representation of the waste package consisting of a waste canister and a bentonite-filled buffer, and iv) a user-determined repository configuration of multiple canisters using the repository parameters such as disposal tunnel spacing, waste package pitch, tunnel diameter, the number of tunnels in a repository, and the number of canisters in a tunnel. The current model can facilitate investigations into the effects of heterogeneous fractured host rock on water flow and nuclide migration for the different configurations of multiple canisters, as well as optimization of the repository design parameters in terms of release of nuclides from the repository.
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Lim, DH., Uchida, M., Hatanaka, K. et al. Modeling of Radionuclide Migration Through Fractured Rock in a HLW Repository With Multiple Canisters. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1107, 567 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-1107-567
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