Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for the early failure scenario classes in the 2008 performance assessment for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Scenario Analysis for the Safety Assessment of Nuclear Waste Repositories: A Critical Review

“…Goodwin et al, (30,31) Andres and Goodwin (32) TILA-99 Finland 1999 Vieno and Nordman (33) (38) Helton and Sallaberry, (39,40) Rechard et al, (41) Helton et al, (42,44,46,50,51,53) Hansen et al, (43,45,47,52) Sallaberry et al (48,49)…”

“…(26,40) The distributions of uncertain parameters can be derived from historical information or expert judgment, (58) such as in DeWispelare et al (89) and Neri et al (90) Once obtained, these distributions can be processed through uncertainty analysis and sensitivity analysis. (45,47,49,52,53) Uncertainty analysis evaluates how uncertain the model results are due to uncertainties in the model parameters. Sensitivity analysis identifies which parameters most influence the model results, so that efforts to reduce the remaining uncertainty can be focused on these parameters.…”

Expected dose and associated uncertainty and sensitivity analysis results for the human intrusion scenario in the 2008 performance assessment for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

“…Further, more detailed results underlying the assessment of compliance with the Individual Protection Standard after Permanent Closure are presented in Refs. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13], and a summary of the entire 2008 YM PA is available in Ref. [14].…”