Future intrusion of oxygenated glacial meltwaters into the Fennoscandian shield: A possibility to consider in performance assessments for nuclear-waste disposal sites?
By: Pierre Glynn
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Abstract
Provost et al. (1998) and Glynn and Voss (1999; also published in Glynn et al., 1999) considered the possibility that during future glaciations, oxygenated glacial meltwaters from two- to three-kilometer thick ice sheets could potentially intrude to the 500 m depth of planned nuclear-waste repositories. This possibility has been of concern because of potential negative effects on the stability of the repository engineered environment, and because of the potential mobilization of radionuclides should the oxygenated waters come into contact with the radioactive waste. The above reports argued that given the current state of knowledge, it was hard to discount the possibility that oxygenated waters could penetrate to repository level depth. The reports also suggested that oxidizing conditions might be present in the fractured rock environment for significant amounts of time, on the order of thousands to tens of thousands of years. In some earlier reports, Swedish and Finnish governmental agencies in charge of nuclear-waste disposal had considered the possibility that oxygenated meltwaters might intrude to the repository depth (SKI: 1992; Martinerie et al, 1992; Ahonen and Vieno, 1994). Subsequent to the publication of Provost et al. (1998), Glynn et al. (1999) and Glynn and Voss (1999), the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Handling Company (SKB) commissioned efforts to examine more thoroughly the possibilities that oxygenated meltwaters might occur under ice-sheet conditions and intrude to the repository depth.
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Glynn, P., 2008, Future intrusion of oxygenated glacial meltwaters into the Fennoscandian shield: A possibility to consider in performance assessments for nuclear-waste disposal sites?, chap. 6 of Review of SKB's safety assessment SR-Can: Contributions in support of SKI's and SSI's review by external consultants, 15 p.
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| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Future intrusion of oxygenated glacial meltwaters into the Fennoscandian shield: A possibility to consider in performance assessments for nuclear-waste disposal sites? |
| Series number | 2008:16 |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) |
| Publisher location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Contributing office(s) | National Research Program - Eastern Branch |
| Description | 15 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Review of SKB's safety assessment SR-Can: Contributions in support of SKI's and SSI's review by external consultants |
| Country | Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
| Other Geospatial | Fennoscandian Shield |