Possible Strategies for Geoscientific Classification for High-Level Waste Repository Site Selection

This work was performed to suggest possible strategies for geoscientific classifications in the siting process of a high-level repository. To develop a feasible method for geoscientific classifications, a number of factors of a philosophical character, related to the purpose of the classifications, need to be accounted for. Many different approaches can be visualized, and this report was not intended to present a complete classification methodology. The purpose was rather to suggest some strategies for handling geoscientific factors that may be included and integrated in a functional classification methodology in the siting procedure. In this work it was assumed that geoscientific classifications will primarily be of interest with respect to the geoscientific aspects on the safety of the repository.