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Post Emplacement Environment of Waste Packages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

K. G. Knauss
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
V. M. Oversby
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
T. J. Wolery
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
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Abstract

Experiments have been conducted as part of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project to determine the changes in water chemistry due to reaction of the Topopah Spring tuff with natural groundwater at temperatures up to 150°C. The reaction extent has been investigated as a function of rock-to-water ratio, temperature, reaction time, physical state of the samples, and geographic location of the samples within the tuff unit. Results of these experiments will be used to provide information on the water chemistry to be expected if a high level waste repository were to be constructed in the Topopah Spring tuff.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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