Compliance Recertification Application 2009

Wang, Y., and L. Brush

• Wang, Y., and L. Brush. 1996a. Memorandum to M.S. Tierney (Subject: Estimates of Gas-Generation Parameters for the Long-Term WIPP Performance Assessment). 26 January 1996. ERMS 231943. U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
• Appendix MgO: Magnesium Oxide as an Engineered Barrier
  • Subsection MgO-5.1.1.1, Elimination of Chemical Conditions for Nonmicrobial Vectors
  • Subsection MgO-5.3.2.1, Gas Generation from Anoxic Corrosion
  • Subsection MgO-6.1, Effects of Microbial Respiratory Pathways on the MgO Excess Factor
  • Subsection MgO-6.2.1, Establishment of the MgO Excess Factor
  • Subsection MgO-6.2.4.4.1, Uncertainties in the CO2 Yield From Microbial Consumption of CPR Materials
  • Subsection MgO-7.0, References
• Appendix PA: Performance Assessment
  • Subsection PA-4.2.5, Gas Generation
  • Subsection PA-10.0, References
• Appendix SCR: Feature, Event, and Process Screening for PA
  • Subsection SCR-6.3.4.1.3, Screening Argument
  • Subsection SCR-6.3.5.3.3, Screening Argument
  • Subsection SCR-7.0, References
• Appendix SOTERM: Actinide Chemistry Source Term
  • Subsection SOTERM-2.2.2, Repository Temperature
  • Subsection SOTERM-2.3.4, Iron Chemistry and Corrosion
  • Subsection SOTERM-2.4.1, Microbial Effects in the WIPP
  • Subsection SOTERM-2.4.1.1, Gas Generation and Microbial Degradation of CPR Materials
  • Subsection SOTERM-6.0, References
• Section 24: Waste Characterization
  • Subsection 24.4.2.5, Production of Gas From the Waste (Including Microbial Substrate and Nutrients)
  • Subsection 24.7, References


• Wang, Y., and L. Brush. 1996b. Memorandum to M.S. Tierney (Subject: Modify the Stoichiometric Factory in the BRAGFLO to Include the Effect of MgO Added to WIPP Repository as a Backfill). 23 February 1996. ERMS 232286. U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
• Appendix MgO: Magnesium Oxide as an Engineered Barrier
  • Subsection MgO-5.1.1.1, Elimination of Chemical Conditions for Nonmicrobial Vectors
  • Subsection MgO-6.2.1, Establishment of the MgO Excess Factor
  • Subsection MgO-7.0, References
• Appendix PA: Performance Assessment
  • Subsection PA-4.2.5, Gas Generation
  • Subsection PA-10.0, References
• Appendix SCR: Feature, Event, and Process Screening for PA
  • Subsection SCR-6.3.4.1.3, Screening Argument
  • Subsection SCR-7.0, References
• Appendix SOTERM: Actinide Chemistry Source Term
  • Subsection SOTERM-2.4.1.1, Gas Generation and Microbial Degradation of CPR Materials
  • Subsection SOTERM-6.0, References


• Wang, Y., and L. Brush. 1996c. Memorandum to P. Vaughn (Subject: An Adjustment for Using Steel Corrosion Rates in BRAGFLO to Reflect Repository Chemical Condition Changes Due to Adding MgO as Backfill). 29 February 1996. ERMS 235181. U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
• Appendix MgO: Magnesium Oxide as an Engineered Barrier
  • Subsection MgO-5.3.2.1, Gas Generation from Anoxic Corrosion
  • Subsection MgO-7.0, References