Use of natural analog and modeling studies to constrain the effects of magmatic activity on long-term geologic repositories

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:382911

Valentine, G A; Rosenberg, N D; Crowe, B M; Perry, F V ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Earth and Environmental Sciences Div.

Examples of the application of natural-analog studies to the estimation of the consequences of a volcanic eruption penetrating a radioactive waste repository are given, including the criteria for analog selection and new data from ongoing studies. Examples of early modeling results focusing on the spatial and temporal scale of subsurface processes are also provided. All of these examples are taken from studies of the potential Yucca Mountain repository, Nevada, but similar approaches could be applied in other areas. In addition, studies of subsurface processes initiated by magmatic events serve as useful analogs for repository thermal loading studies.

• OSTI ID: 382911
• Report Number(s): CONF-941075-; ISBN 1-55899-253-7; TRN: 96:025803
• Resource Relation: Conference: 18. international symposium on the scientific basis for nuclear waste management, Kyoto (Japan), 23-27 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Scientific basis for nuclear waste management 18. Part 2; Murakami, Takashi [ed.] [Ehime Univ., Matsuyama, Ehime (Japan). Dept. of Earth Sciences]; Ewing, R.C. [ed.] [Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences]; PB: 690 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 353
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
VOLCANISM
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
THERMAL ANALYSIS
SAFETY ANALYSIS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION
VOLCANOES
GEOLOGIC MODELS