R&D program of operational model of long-term performance for vitrified high-level radioactive waste

Matsubara, Ryuta*; Fujisaki, Kiyoshi*; Ishida, Keisuke*; Ishiguro, Katsuhiko*; Inagaki, Yaohiro*; Okubo, Takahiro*; Mitsui, Seiichiro  ; Iwata, Hajime ; Sekine, Nobuyuki*

Since the performance of vitrified High-level Radioactive Waste depends on thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, and chemical (THMC) conditions, NUMO, as the implementer of geological disposal, has been promoting R&D of operational model the long-term performance of vitrified High-level Radioactive Waste in consideration of THMC conditions. NUMO has identified R&D issues regarding the glass dissolution and planed the R&D program through FEP (Features, Events, and Processes) analysis and parametric study with numerical model to evaluate relative importance of relevant processes. At present, three R&D programs are ongoing as joint researches with JAEA and two universities: long term glass dissolution experiment to understand evolution of glass dissolution kinetics, glass dissolution experiment at various environmental conditions to assess the performance under several potential repository conditions with the time evolution, and molecular dynamics simulation to understand elemental migration at the interface between glass surface and groundwater. The current status of R&D programs will be introduced in this presentation.