Buoyant movement of nuclear waste canisters in marine sediments

Abstract

Coupled creep and heat transfer calculations have been performed to assess the potential for large movements of waste canisters buried in marine sediments. Results using a creep constitutive model established from data reported in published literature indicate that, although upward movement is predicted, the effective deviatoric stress levels are sufficiently low that creep rates would eventually diminish to zero.

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10.2172/6552411

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