Research and development related to the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations. Progress report, July 1-September 30, 1984

Technical Report · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:59187

Ogard, A E; Vaniman, D T ^[1]

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This report summarizes some of the technical contributions from the Los Alamos National Laboratory to the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) project managed by the Nevada Operations Office of the US Department of Energy (DOE) during the period July 1 through September 30, 1984. The report is not a detailed technical document but does indicate the status of the investigations being performed at Los Alamos. Subjects investigated include: geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of tuff, tectonics and volcanism, mechanical properties of tuff, and sealing materials evaluation. 101 refs., 15 figs., 12 tabs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 59187
• Report Number(s): LA-10299-PR; ON: DE85014254
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: May 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
58 GEOSCIENCES
GROUND WATER
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
TUFF
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
MINERALOGY
PETROLOGY
CREEP
ANALCIME
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
NEPTUNIUM OXIDES
SOLUBILITY
AMERICIUM
SORPTION
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE
STRONTIUM 85
CESIUM 137
BARIUM 133
EUROPIUM 152
TECHNETIUM
NEPTUNIUM 235
URANIUM
SELENIUM
GEOCHEMISTRY
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
PH VALUE
CHLORINE 36
SOILS
FALLOUT DEPOSITS
GLOBAL FALLOUT
ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
PERMEABILITY
COLLOIDS
TECTONICS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Yucca Mountain Project