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The requirements on site-specific design are governed by the general goals for the site investigation<br />

phase and the subsequent construction phase. They entail that the facility descriptions and<br />

plans that are presented must be sufficiently specific in order to:<br />

• Serve as a basis for safety evaluations (PSE after initial site investigations) and ultimately<br />

safety assessments (SR-Site after the complete site investigation) which show that a deep<br />

repository on the site in question satisfies the safety requirements.<br />

• Serve as a basis for an environmental impact statement showing that the deep repository<br />

project can be implemented with acceptable consequences for man and the environment.<br />

• Show that a deep repository on the site in question can be built and operated with known<br />

technology and so that requirements on personal safety, occupational safety, efficiency and<br />

cost-effectiveness are satisfied.<br />

Design is carried out in steps in the manner illustrated in Figure 11. Up until permit application,<br />

the design work is carried out in three steps (D0, D1, D2) for the candidate sites. Then, while<br />

the authorities are processing the permit application, work begins on main documents for a deep<br />

repository on the chosen site, starting with for the facility parts that come first in the building<br />

process after a permit decision.<br />

The process up until permit application ties in with the subdivision of the entire deep repository<br />

project into stages according to Figure 10. In step D0 (see Figure 11), possible locations<br />

and configurations of facility parts and activities which the deep repository requires on the<br />

surface are studied. This step is almost finished. In step D1, which is currently under way, the<br />

preliminary layout and dimensions of the facility parts under ground are determined, based on<br />

data from the initial site investigation. A key issue in this step is the size (area requirement under<br />

ground) a repository on the site would have, in relation to the rock volumes that are available.<br />

Schematic solutions and locations for descents (ramp and shafts) and central area are other<br />

issues that are dealt with and that are of great importance for the overall result. The preliminary<br />

facility description describes locations and extent of facility parts above and below ground.<br />

The description is used as a basis for further investigations, for consultations on environmental<br />

consequences, and for SR-Can.<br />

Application<br />

Permit<br />

<strong>Programme</strong> phases<br />

Feasibility study<br />

Site investigation phase<br />

Construction phase<br />

ISI<br />

CSI<br />

Design phases<br />

Feasibility study<br />

Draft document phase<br />

Main and construction document phase<br />

Design steps<br />

E<br />

D0<br />

D1 D2<br />

Main documents<br />

Engineering documents<br />

Documentation<br />

Scope<br />

Integrated<br />

non-site-specific<br />

design<br />

Integrated site-specific<br />

design<br />

Detailed design of:<br />

industrial area, ramp, rock caverns,<br />

tunnels, surface buildings,<br />

utility systems, handling<br />

equipment, vehicles, etc.<br />

Number of sites<br />

Siting<br />

alternatives from<br />

feasibility studies<br />

Selected sites for SI<br />

Selected site for application under MB/KTL<br />

Figure 11. Plan and subdivision into stages of design of the deep repository.<br />

390 RD&D-<strong>Programme</strong> <strong>2004</strong>

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