The Importance of Thermal Loading Conditions to Waste Package Performance at Yucca Mountain
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THERMAL LOADING CONDITIONS TO WASTE PACKAGE PERFORMANCE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN THOMAS A. BUSCHECK AND JOHN J. NITAO Earth Sciences Division, L-206, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551 ABSTRACT Temperature and relative humidity are primary environmental factors affecting waste package corrosion rates for the potential repository in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Under ambient conditions, the repository environment is quite humid. If relative humidity is low enough (
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