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Title: Yucca Mountain program summary of research and technical review activities, July 1988--June 1989

Abstract

The Desert Research Institute (DRI), through its Water Resources Center (WRC), since 1984 has supported the State of Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office`s activities related to the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain on the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This effort is directed at providing the State Office with an unbiased evaluation of the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) investigations performed by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The overall objective is to determine independently whether or not the site meets the performance criteria defined by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and amendments for isolating and containing the wastes during emplacement and the proposed life of the repository. A particularly important area of concern with the proposed repository is the site`s hydrology. The faculty of the DRI have long been involved with research throughout the State and have particular expertise in groundwater studies related to radionuclide migration and hydrologic safety of underground nuclear testing by DOE and predecessor agencies. In addition, we utilize laboratory personnel for chemical and isotopic analyses in both of the DRI-WMC water chemistry laboratories.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office, Carson City, NV (United States); Nevada Univ., Las Vegas, NV (United States). Desert Research Inst.; Nevada Univ., Reno, NV (United States). Desert Research Inst.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
140778
Report Number(s):
NWPO-GR-15
ON: DE92017893; TRN: 92:025599
DOE Contract Number:  
FG08-85NV10461
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; GROUND WATER; FLUID FLOW; TUFF; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; PROGRESS REPORT; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; CLIMATES; ENVIRONMENT; PLANTS; Yucca Mountain Project

Citation Formats

. Yucca Mountain program summary of research and technical review activities, July 1988--June 1989. United States: N. p., 1989. Web. doi:10.2172/140778.
. Yucca Mountain program summary of research and technical review activities, July 1988--June 1989. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/140778
. 1989. "Yucca Mountain program summary of research and technical review activities, July 1988--June 1989". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/140778. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/140778.
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abstractNote = {The Desert Research Institute (DRI), through its Water Resources Center (WRC), since 1984 has supported the State of Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office`s activities related to the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain on the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This effort is directed at providing the State Office with an unbiased evaluation of the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) investigations performed by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The overall objective is to determine independently whether or not the site meets the performance criteria defined by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and amendments for isolating and containing the wastes during emplacement and the proposed life of the repository. A particularly important area of concern with the proposed repository is the site`s hydrology. The faculty of the DRI have long been involved with research throughout the State and have particular expertise in groundwater studies related to radionuclide migration and hydrologic safety of underground nuclear testing by DOE and predecessor agencies. In addition, we utilize laboratory personnel for chemical and isotopic analyses in both of the DRI-WMC water chemistry laboratories.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
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