The Cementitious Barriers Partnership (CBP) is a collaborative program sponsored by the EM Office of Waste Processing.
Objective
The Cementitious Barriers Partnership (CBP) works to improve understanding and prediction of the long-term structural, hydraulic, and chemical performance of cementitious materials and waste forms used primarily in nuclear waste disposal. The objective of the CBP is to develop a set of computational software tools that are expected to reduce the uncertainties of current methodologies for performance assessment.
Tasks
The individual CBP Tasks all focus on development of computational tools, laboratory and field experimental data, test methods and guidance documents relative to cement barrier performance.
Integrated Software Framework
CBP Partners are developing software modules that will be used as an integrated framework for better understanding and prediction of cementitious barrier performance.
Partners
Eight member organizations comprise the cooperative research and development partnership, sponsored by the U.S. DOE Office of Environmental Management.