Tectonic stability and expected ground motion at Yucca Mountain
A workshop was convened on August 7-8, 1984 at the direction of DOE to discuss effects of natural and artificial earthquakes and associated ground motion as related to siting of a high-level radioactive waste (HLW) repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. A panel of experts in seismology and tectonics was assembled to review available data and analyses and to assess conflicting opinions on geological and seismologic data. The objective of the meeting was to advise the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project about how to present a technically balanced and scientifically credible evaluation of Yucca Mountain for the NNWSI Project EA. The group considered two central issues: the magnitude of ground motion at Yucca Mountain due to the largest expected earthquake, and the overall tectonic stability of the site given the current geologic and seismologic data base. 44 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-83NV10270
- OSTI ID:
- 59086
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10270-2; SAIC-84/1847; ON: DE85012004
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 2 Oct 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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