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Exploratory Shaft Facility
Role of Underground Testing to Determine Suitability of Yucca Mountain as a Potential Repository Site
Smoothwall Blasting Planned for the Underground Research Facility at Yucca Mountain
Rock Mechanics Aspects of the ESF Design
Preliminary Methodology for Design of Stable Drifts for the Yucca Mountain Project
Basaltic Volcanic Episodes of the Yucca Mountain Region
Volcano-Tectonic Interpretations: An Example from the Northern Basin & Range
The Area of Most Recent Volcanism Near Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Implications for Volcanic Risk Assessment
Incorporating Seismotectonic Data into Seismic Hazard Analyses
Kinematic Models of Extensional Structures: Seismic Implications
Approach to Developing a Ground-Motion Design Basis for Facilities Important to Safety at Yucca Mountain
Synthesis of Studies for the Potential of Fault Rupture at the Proposed Surface Facilities, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Estimating Earthquake Sizes in the Basin and Range Province, Western North America: Perspectives Gained from Historical Earthquakes
Iodine Transport Through the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum
A Preliminary Model for Carbon-14 Transport in a Clay Buffer
Natural Radionuclides in Groundwater From J-13 Well at the Nevada Test Site
Simulation of Reactive Chemical Transport in a Varying Thermal Field with Reaction-Flow Coupling
One-Dimensional Radionuclide Transport Under Time-Varying Conditions
Simulation of Radionuclide Retardation at Yucca Mountain Using a Stochastic Mineralogical/Geochemical Model
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's High-Level Waste Repository Licensing Program and Regulatory Strategy
DOE Perspectives on the Regulatory Framework of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
Management of High-Level Wastes in the Republic of China
Nuclear Fuel Waste Management in Canada?A Regulatory Perspective
International Safeguards Relevant to Geologic Disposal of High-Level Wastes and Spent Fuels
Radioactive Materials Packaging Standards and Regulations?Making Sense of it All
Public Involvement: Keystone to Public Confidence in the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
Where's The Rabbit? Translating Science and Technology
Educating American College Students on Issues Associated with the Isolation of Radioactive Wastes
Public Involvement in Radioactive Waste Decisions: What is Participation? What is Communication?
Public Communication and Participation Activities in Siting Controversial Facilities in the United States and Western Europe: An Examination of Lessons Learned
Public Concerns of Nuclear Waste Issues in Taiwan
On-Site Representation and Oversight: A Special Role for the State of the Nevada and Nye County in the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
Managing Local Socioeconomic Impacts Through Project Management Policies Concerning Subsidized Transportation, Site Access, and On-Site Housing
The Transportation Operations System: A Description
Development of Transportation Operations Requirements: Operations Planning
Identification of Facility Constraints That Impact Transportation Operations
U.S. Department of Energy Motor Carrier Evaluation Program
MRS Systems Study, Task F: Transportation Impacts of a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility
Development of Rail Access to the Yucca Mountain Site: Technical and Publc Issues
Selecting Preferred Routes for Highway Route Controlled Quantity Shipments of Radioactive Materials
Optimal Route Selection for High Level Nuclear Waste Transport Based Upon Radiological Risk
The SKI Regulatory Strategy and Performance Assessment Program in Relation to Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Radioactive Waste
PAGIS & PACOMA: Performance Evaluations of Deep Geological Disposal. Results and Conclusions
Outline of Performance Assessment Study on Geological Isolation System in Japan
Nagra Performance Assessment of Radioactive Waste Disposal in Crystalline and Sedimentaly Host Rocks
Performance Assessment at the NRC: Current Issues and Recent Progress
A Proposed Methodology for Validating Performance Assessment Models for the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
Initiating Event Identification and Screening for Nuclear Waste Repository Preclosure Risk Assessment
Preclosure Safety Analysis for a Prospective Yucca Mountain Conceptual Design Repository
Status of Integrated Performance Assessment of the Waste Packages and Engineered Barrier System
Mass-Transfer Analysis of Waste Packages Containing Defense Waste Processing Facility Glass as a Waste Form
Diffusion Barrier Transport Properties of Unsaturated Paintbrush Tuff Rubble Backfill
Evaluation of Near-Field Thermal Environmental Conditions for a Spent Fuel Repository in Tuff
Technical Considerations and Approcah for Evaluating Substantially Complete Containment of High-Level Nuclear Waste
A Gas-Flow Source Term from a Nuclear Waste Container in an Unsaturated Medium
?<sup>4</sup>C Release From Failed Spent Fuel Containers
A Waste Package Strategy for Regulatory Compliance
Container Material Selection, Modeling and Testing
MIIT; International In-Situ Testing of Simulated HLW Forms?Preliminary Analyses of SRL 165/TDS Waste Glass and Metal Systems
Role of Waste Packages in the Safety of a High Level Waste Repository in a Deep Geological Formation
Optimizing Spent Fuel Cask Designs for Use in the Federal Waste Management System
Dry Spent Fuel Storage Compatibility at the Back End of the Fuel Cycle
State of Nevada Nuclear Waste Shipping Cask Design Studies
The Continuing Evolution of a Radioactive Material Transport System
BR-100 Spent Fuel Shipping Cask Development
An Innovative Cask for Transporting Defense High-Level Waste
Certification Challenges in the Development of an Innovative High Payload Capacity Spent Fuel Transportation Cask
TN28V High Capacity Cask for the Transport and Storage of Vitrified Wastes
Operational Considerations in Specifying Legal Weight Vehicles for the Highway Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Social Realities in High-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Their Policy Implication
Current Social Systems Issues in the U.S. High Level Waste Management Program
A Numerical Study of Some Effects of Nuclear Fuel Waste Vault Construction and Closure on Evolution of Groundwater Flow Paths in the Geosphere
Three-Dimensional Plume Dynamics in the Vadose Zone: PORFLO-3 Modeling of a Defense Waste Leak at Hanford
Permeability and Dispersivity of Variable-Aperture Fracture Systems
A Stratified Percolation Model for Saturated and Unsaturated Flow Through Natural Fractures
Study of Fractal Aperture Distribution and Flow in Fractures
Dynamic Use of Geoscience Information to Develop Scientific Understanding for a Nuclear Waste Repository
Infill Sampling Design for Geologic Site Characterization of Potential High-Level Radioactive Waste Repositories
Plans for Characterization of the Potential Geologic Repository Site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Surface-Based Site Characterization Testing to Determine the Suitability of the Yucca Mountain Site for a Nuclear Waste Repository
Assessment of Natural Resources in Repository Siting
Geochemical Modeling: An Integrated Approach to Nuclear Waste Disposal Issues
Thermal Stability of Zeolitic Tuff from Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Drill-Back Studies Examine Fractured, Heated Rock
Simulation of Heat Transfer in the Unsaturated Zone
Systems Engineering Applied to a Regulatory Program
Analysis and Evaluation of Regulatory Uncertainties in 10 CFR 60 Subparts B and E
Preparing a Safety Analysis Report Using the Building Block Approach
Regulatory Considerations for Designing Surface Facilities for Yucca Mountain High-Level Waste Repository
Implementation of NUREG 1318 Guidance Within the Yucca Mountain Project
Transportation Legend, Fact and Hysteria or, How to Dismantle a Mature Industry
What Will be the Engineered Barriers for Deep Disposal of High Level Radioactive Wastes in the Future?
A Description and Status of the Yucca Mountain Project Repository Sealing Program
Simulation Modeling of Subsurface Development
The Analysis of Horizontal Cooling Enhancement for Nuclear Waste Container Emplacement
Development of the Engineered Barriers for the Deep Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste
Systems Models for Predicting Radioactive Waste
Near-Field Modelling for the Safety Assessment of French High-Level Waste Repositories
Optimization Method for Dimensioning a Geological HLW Waste Repository
Risk Perspective on Potential Releases of ?<sup>4</sup>C From the Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain
Deposition of Airborne Particles from Fractured Spent Fuel or High-Level Waste
Evaluation of the Canadian HLW Disposal Program?Performance Assessment Aspects
Defining the Need for and Functions of the Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) Facility
Trends in Waste Management Program Costs: An Evolution of Estimating Methods and Results
A Demonstration of the Systems Integration Modeling System (SIMS) as a Decision-Support Tool
Facility Interface Capability Assessment (FICA) Project
Acceptance of Spent Fuel of Varying Characteristics
Materials Selection Issues for Structural Components of Transportation Casks
Experience with Certifying Borated Stainless Steel as a Shipping Cask Basket Material
Investigation of Burnup Credit Allowance in the Criticality Safety Evaluation of Spent Fuel Casks
DOE-EM/Producers Strategy for Wasteform and Process Startup Acceptance
Vitrification of Defense High Level Radioactive Waste at Savannah River and Hanford
High Level Radioactive Waste Management at the Savannah River Site
Programmatic Challenges and the Value of Testing on the West Valley Demonstration Project's Vitrification Facility Design
An Overview of the Vitrification of Defense High-Level Waste at the Hanford Site
Building of a Conceptual Model at the UE25-C Hole Complex
Combined Analytical/Numerical Approaches to Solving Fluid Flow Problems in the Unsaturated Zone at Yucca Mountain
An Investigation of the Mechanical and Hydrologic Behavior of Tuff Fractures Under Saturated Conditions
Diffusion Coefficients and Hydraulic Conductivity in Unsaturated Hanford Soils and Sediments
Prototype Testing for the Yucca Mountain Project
The International Stripa Project: Technology Transfer From Cooperation in Scientific and Technological Research on Nuclear Waste Disposal
The Status of the Site Characterization and Validation Program in Phase III of the OECD/NEA Stripa Project
Concepts in Prototype Testing for In Situ Geomechanical Investigations at Yucca Mountain
Prototype Heater Test of the Environment Around a Simulated Waste Package
Tomographic Geophysics for Better Subsurface Geologic Information
Application of Geophysical Methods for Fracture Characterization
The Application of Vertical Seismic Profiling and Cross-Hole Tomographic Imaging for Fracture Characterization at Yucca Mountain
Seismic Characterization of Fracture Properties
Modeling of Coupled Heat-Mass-Stress Effects in Geologic Media
Origin of Carbonate Deposits in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Preliminary Results of Strontium-Isotope Analyses
Uranium-Series Dating of Secondary Carbonates Near Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Applications to Tectonic, Paleoclimatic, and Paleohydrologic Problems
Reconnaissance ? ??C and ??<sup>8</sup>O Data from Trench 14, Busted Butte, and Drill Hole G-4, Yucca Mountain, Nevada Test Site
Sellafield?From High Level Notoriety to Intermediate Acceptance
Yucca Mountain Project Public Interactions
Dispute Resolution ? A New Approach for Public Acceptance of the High-Level Radioactive Waste Mamagement Regulatory System
Two Citizen Task Forces and the Challenge of the Evolving Nuclear Waste Siting Process
The Public Consultation Program on Nuclear Fuel Waste Management in Canada
Local Economic Impact Assessment of the Nevada Test Site: A Methodological Prelude to Socioeconomic Assessment of the Proposed Yucca Mountain High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository
Public Attitudes Toward a High-Level Nuclear Repository: Implications on the Prospects of Successful Siting
Social Impact Assessment of Siting the High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada: The Use of Risk Future Scenarios in Survey Research
The Development of Small Area Socioeconomic Data to be Utilized for Impact Analysis: Rural Southern Nevada
Beyond NEPA: A Look at Socioeconomic Impact Assessments Required Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as Amended
Hedonic Price Theory: Concept and Applications
The Role of Sensor Directed, Model-Based Control in Robotic Handling of Nuclear Waste Casks and Materials
Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Management in Selected Countries: Trends and Issues
Spent Fuel Storage Requirements for Nuclear Utilities and OCRWM
Site Selection Criteria for Constructing an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) at a Commercial Nuclear Power Plant
Choosing AT-Reactor Spent Fuel Storage Technologies
Concrete Cask Storage Technology
Comparative Analyses of Spent Nuclear Fuel Transport Modal Options
Optimizing the Spent Fuel Transportation Cask for Spent Fuel Age and Burnup: A Preliminary Analysis
Transportation Cask Life Cycle Cost Uncertainty Analysis
Size and Transportation Capabilities of the Existing U.S. Cask Fleet
Analysis of RADTRAN Transportation Model
Accident Analyses in Fulfillment of the Requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and Their Relationship to the Packaging and Testing Requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Properties of the West Valley Waste Form
Vapor Hydration and Subsequent Leaching of Transuranic-Containing SRL and WV Glasses
Recent Results on the Effect of Gamma Radiation on the Durability and Microstructure of DWPF Glass
Soluble High-Level Waste Decontamination and Disposal at the Savannah River Site
Volatilization of Cesium and Ruthenium From High-Level Waste Glass
The Technical Review Group: An Application of the Quality Assurance Program Descriptions for Defense High-Level Waste Processing
The DWPF Product, and Its Qualification Program
Estimate of the Source Term for a Repository Surface Facility From the Routine Processing of Spent Fuel
Effect of Minor Actinide Removal From Fission Products Before Vitrification on the Radiological Impact of a High Level Waste Deep Repository
The Source Term for HLW Disposal in the European Communities' R&D Programme
Assuring Quality Measurements of Environmental Radioactivity for a High Level Waste Repository
Requirements for Controlling a Repository's Releases of Carbon-14 Dioxide; The High Costs and Negligible Benefits
Systems Integration During the Development of a Federal Waste Management System
Important Factors in Developing a Nuclear Waste Management System
Probable Maximum Floods at the Yucca Mountain Exploratory Shafts
Computed Distributions of Residual Shaft Drilling and Drift Construction Water in the Exploratory Facilities at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Hydrologic Characterization of Faults and Other Potentially Conductive Geologic Features in the Unsaturated Zone
Multi-Dimensional Modeling of Unsaturated Flow in the Vicinity of Exploratory Shafts and Fault Zones at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Research for Final Disposal of Unreprocessed Spent Nuclear Fuel in Sweden
Status of Site Investigations for Spent Fuel Repository in Finland
Study of an Alternativefor Repository of Radioactive Waste?Taiwan Case
Applications of Fracture-Flow Modeling to Site Characterization
Site Specific Geologic Interpretations of Richton Salt Dome
The Long-Term Climate Change Assessment Task of the Protective Barrier Development Program for Low-Level Waste Site Remediation at the Hanford Site
Calibration of High Frequency Pollen Sequences and Tree-Ring Records
Environments of the Last 50,000 Years in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Central-Southern Nevada
Modeling Future Climates for Nuclear Waste Disposal
Postclosure Safety Assessment of Radioactive Waste Disposal Systems: Current State of Understanding and International Consensus
Overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's Pace-90 Geologic Repository Performance Assessment Exercise Activity
The Use of Performance Assessments in Yucca Mountain Repository Waste Package Design Activities
Prediction of Long-Term Behavior of Waste Package Materials in a Geologic Repository
Analysis of Requirements for Data and Information for the Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel Designated for Disposal in a Mined Geologic Repository
Opportunities for the Nuclear Waste Negotiator
Social Issues and Challenges in the Disposal of Nuclear Waste
Institutional Status, Challenges, and Plans Related to the MRS Program
Characteristics of Potential Repository Wastes
Assuring Data Quality for Use in Waste Management System Trade-Off Studies
A Literature-Based Preliminary Characterization of Risks in the Nuclear Waste Management System
Linkage Between Site Characterization Program and Performance and Design Data Needs
Data Quality Assurance Controls Through the WIPP in Situ Data Acquisition, Analysis, and Management System
The Systems Integration Modeling System
Evaluating and Controlling the Characteristics of the Nuclear Waste in the FWMS Using Waste Stream Analysis Model
Systems Integration Operations/Logistics Model (SOLMOD)
A Systems Engineering Cost Analysis Capability for Use in Assessing Nuclear Waste Management System Cost Performance
The Coordination of System Representation and Operating Assumptions for System Studies in SIMS
Incorporation of Reprocessing Raffinates and High Level Solids in Cement
High Level Waste Management at Sellafield
Influence of High Burn Up Nuclear Fuel and MOX on the High Level Reprocessing Waste Management
Preliminary Conceptual Design Description of the Proposed DOE Store-Only Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) Facility
Fabrication and Closure Development of Nuclear Waste Containers for Storage at the Yucca Mountain, Nevada Repository
Ventilation and Construction Considerations for a High Level Nuclear Waste Repository
Method for Determining the Fuel Contribution to the Source Term in Trasnport Casks
Development of a CRUD Particle Size Distribution and Its Effect on Cask Source Term and Containment Analyses
Effects of Water Composition on the Dissolution Rate of UO<sub>2</sub> Under Oxidizing Conditions
The Expected Condition of Spent LWR Fuel on Delivery to a Repository
The Role of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Case System and Ancillary Equipment Maintenance
Multidisciplinary Hydrologic Investigations at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Natural System Issues in the OCRWM Program