Geohydrologic Data and Models of Rainier Mesa and Their Implications to Yucca Mountain
The geohydrologic data collected at Rainier Mesa provide the only extensive observations in tunnels presently available on flow and transport in tuff units similar to those of a potential...
Development of 3-D Lithostratigraphic and Confidence Models at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Computerized three-dimensional geologic models of potential high-level nuclear waste repositories such as Yucca Moutain, Nevada, are important for visualizing the complex interplay of...
Hydropulse Tomography for Identifying 3-D Permeability Distribution
For the purpose of identifying subsurface permeability distribution, a geotomographic method named Hydropulse Tomography (HT) was developed. As observation data, HT uses hydraulic pressure...
Single-Hole in Situ Thermal Probe for Hydrothermal Characterization at Yucca Mountain
The REKA thermal probe method, which uses a single borehole to measure in situ rock thermophysical properties and provides for efficient and low-cost site characterization, is analyzed...
A Formal Communication Process: Pathway to Improved Policy Making
This paper will examine the efforts made and the steps taken by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DOE/OCRWM) to establish and keep open lines...
Using an Engaging Approach to Products to Help Create Long-Term Credibility
A long-term, thorough and engaging public information products plan is essential for supporting interaction between Nevadans and the scientists and staff on the U.S. Department of Energy...
Earthquakes and Nuclear Waste: A Lesson in Media Relations
The Little Skull Mountain earthquake on June 29, 1992 marked the beginning of a challenging period for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project's...
A Working Definition of Scenario and a Method of Scenario Construction
The event-tree method of scenario construction has been chosen for the Yucca Mountain performance assessment. Its applicability and suitability to the problem are discussed and compared...
The MacCSITS Database: A Tool for Curating Samples
Geologic samples are a primary source of data for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP). The collection and study of the samples is regulated by requirements which mandate...
Limited Work Authorization for a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility
The issuance of an limited work authorization (LWA) by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC/Commission) allows a potential licensee permission to undertake preliminary site construction,...
Thinking Through the Rethinking Report
Congressional action in late 1992 set aside the existing standards for post-closure safety of a possible repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Alternative Strategies?A Means for Saving Money and Time on the Yucca Mountain Project
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is undertaking studies to determine the suitability of Yucca Mountain (YM) as a potential site for disposal of high-level nuclear waste. Yucca...
The Best of Both Worlds: Integrating Statistical and Deterministic Approaches to Area Remediation
We seek a complete framework for adaptive area characterization for purposes of remediation, incorporating both statistical and deterministic features. This hybrid methodology involves...
Trying to Make an Unwanted Facility Palatable
Finding suitable accommodations for the temporary storage and permanent disposal of this nation's low- and high-level radioactive waste is proving an ever more difficult task in this era...
Significance of Geochemical Characterization to Performance at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
The U.S. concept for permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste resembles those of other countries in that it relies upon burial in a deep geologic medium. This concept relies...
Radionuclide Solubility and Speciation Studies for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project
Yucca Mountain, Nevada, U.S.A., is being investigated for its suitability as a potential site for a geologic nuclear waste repository. As part of the site characterization studies, actinide...
Groundwater Flow Modelling for the TVO-92 Safety Analysis of Spent Fuel Disposal
The TVO-92 safety analysis of spent fuel disposal is based on preliminary site investigations carried out at five sites in Finland between 1987 and 1992. Groundwater flow analyses have...
Integrated Test Evaluation Decision Framework for the Yucca Mountain Project
An Integrated Test Evaluation decision framework and computer model were developed to help prioritize site-characterization tests at Yucca Mountain. An initial application of the framework...
Roadmapping: A Management Tool
Roadmapping is a process used by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM) to illustrate issue-based planning activities necessary...
Software Quality Assurance on the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project
The Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP) has been involved over the years in the continuing struggle with establishing acceptable Software Quality Assurance (SQA) requirements...
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