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Preliminary Geochemical/Geophysical Model of Yucca Mountain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Gail A. Cederberg  and
L. Eric Greenwade
Gail A. Cederberg
Affiliation:
Earth and Space Sciences Division, MS F665, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
L. Eric Greenwade
Affiliation:
Earth and Space Sciences Division, MS F665, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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Abstract

As part of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project, a comprehensive geochemical/geophysical model is being compiled. This model incorporates the current and relevant stratigraphic, petrologic, hydrogeologic, geochemical, and material data associated with a candidate repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. In this report the known repository data are compiled and unknown parameter values are estimated based on the available data. More data are needed before the geochemical/geophysical model of Yucca Mountain can be regarded as satisfactory and a suitable base for multidimensional predictive flow and transport simulations. Recommendations for future studies concerning site characterization and data aquisition are presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 112: Symposium P – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XI , 1987 , 331
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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