Features, events, and processes 2834719 169693834 2007-11-06T21:57:20Z Waacstats 1951353 Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]] '''Features, Events, and Processes''' (FEP) are terms used in the field of [[radioactive waste]] management to define relevant scenarios for safety assessment studies. For a radioactive waste repository, ''features'' would include the characteristics of the site, such as the type of [[soil]] or [[geological formation]] the repository is to be built on or under. ''Events'' would include things that may or will occur in the future, like, ''e.g.'', [[glaciation]]s, [[drought]]s, [[earthquake]]s, or formation of [[fault]]s. ''Processes'' are things that are ongoing, such as the [[erosion]] or [[subsidence]] of the landform where the site is located on, or near. Several catalogues of FEP's are publicly available, a.o., this one elaborated for the [[Nuclear Energy Agency|NEA]] [[Clay Club]] dealing with the disposal of radioactive waste in deep [[clay]] formations <ref> {{Cite book | last = Mazurek | first = M. | coauthors = Pearson F.J., Volckaert G., and Bock H. |date=2003 | year = 2003 | title = Features, Events and Processes evaluation catalogue for argillaceous media | publisher = Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (NEA, OECD). OECD 2003 Report NEA4437 | url = http://193.51.64.1/html/rwm/reports/2003/nea4437-FEP.pdf }} </ref> <ref> {{cite web | last = NEA | first = OECD | title = RWM Nuclear Energy Agency | publisher = Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (NEA, OECD) |date=2007 | url = http://www.nea.fr/html/pub/ret.cgi?div=RWM Nuclear Energy Agency | accessdate = 2007 }} </ref> , and those compiled for deep crystalline rocks ([[granite]]) by [[Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB]], [[SKB]], the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company <ref> {{cite book | last = Skagius | first = Kristina | coauthors = Ström, Anders; and Wiborgh, Marie | year = 1995 |date=1995 | title = The use of interaction matrices for identification, structuring and ranking of FEPs in a repository system. Application on the farfield of a deep geological repository for spent fuel | publisher = SKB TR 95-22 | url = http://www.skb.se/default2____17139.aspx }} </ref> <ref> SKB R-04-32: Interim FEP report for the safety assessment SR-Can. Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB. 2004. </ref> <ref> SKB TR-06-20: FEP report for the safety assessment SR-Can. Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB. 2006. </ref>. ==References== <references/> ==External links== Free PDF reports are accessible from here: * [http://www.nea.fr/html/pub/ret.cgi?div=RWM Nuclear Energy Agency] * [http://www.skb.se SKB web site] {{Expand|date=October 2007}} [[Category:Radioactive waste]] {{waste-stub}}