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Generic Disposal System Safety Case for a Geological Disposal Facility: disposal system specification

The primary objective of the Disposal System Specification is to provide the designers of the disposal system with the requirements that must be satisfied. It defines the scope and bounds of the engineering design work.

Documents

Disposal System Specification Part A: High Level Requirements

Disposal System Specification Part B: Technical Specification

Derived Inventory Report

Derived Inventory: Scenarios Report

Details

The Disposal System Specification is described in four documents:

  • Disposal System Specification Part A: High Level Requirements
  • Disposal System Specification Part B: Technical Specification
  • Derived Inventory Report
  • Derived Inventory: Scenarios Report

Note: The Derived Inventory Report and the Derived Inventory Scenarios Report on this page employ 2013 data. The generic Disposal System Safety Case is based on these figures. RWM has now published updated figures as the 2019 Inventory for Geological Disposal which will be used to progressively update the gDSSC.

Updates to this page

Published 3 August 2017
Last updated 18 December 2018 + show all updates
  1. Referenced the publication of revised data in the 2016 Inventory for Geological Disposal

  2. First published.

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