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Title: The effect of atmospheric variations on subsurface flow and transport

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:678098
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
  2. Bechtel, Las Vegas, NV (United States)

Yucca Mountain, Nevada, located on the border of the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, is under consideration as a prospective commercial nuclear waste repository for spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste. This paper studies the effect that diurnal and seasonal temperature cycles and barometric pressure perturbations have on near-surface flow and transport conditions at Yucca Mountain, both without and with the repository in place. The potential near-surface temperature increase as a direct result of an emplaced repository is also examined.

OSTI ID:
678098
Report Number(s):
CONF-990605-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 99:009083
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 80; Conference: 1999 annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Boston, MA (United States), 6-10 Jun 1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English