skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Summary report on the geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and environs

Abstract

This report gives a detailed description of work at Los Alamos that will help resolve geochemical issues pertinent to siting a high-level nuclear waste repository in tuff at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. It is necessary to understand the properties and setting of the host tuff because this rock provides the first natural barrier to migration of waste elements from a repository. The geochemistry of tuff is being investigated with particular emphasis on retardation processes. This report addresses the various aspects of sorption by tuff, physical and chemical makeup of tuff, diffusion processes, tuff/groundwater chemistry, waste element chemistry under expected repository conditions, transport processes involved in porous and fracture flow, and geochemical and transport modeling.

Authors:
; ;
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
59148
Report Number(s):
LA-9328-MS
ON: DE83013357
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1982
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 58 GEOSCIENCES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; NEVADA TEST SITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; SITE SELECTION; TUFF; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUND WATER; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; SORPTIVE PROPERTIES; FRACTURES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; Yucca Mountain Project

Citation Formats

Daniels, W R, Wolfsberg, K, and Rundberg, R S. Summary report on the geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and environs. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.2172/59148.
Daniels, W R, Wolfsberg, K, & Rundberg, R S. Summary report on the geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and environs. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/59148
Daniels, W R, Wolfsberg, K, and Rundberg, R S. 1982. "Summary report on the geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and environs". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/59148. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/59148.
@article{osti_59148,
title = {Summary report on the geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and environs},
author = {Daniels, W R and Wolfsberg, K and Rundberg, R S},
abstractNote = {This report gives a detailed description of work at Los Alamos that will help resolve geochemical issues pertinent to siting a high-level nuclear waste repository in tuff at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. It is necessary to understand the properties and setting of the host tuff because this rock provides the first natural barrier to migration of waste elements from a repository. The geochemistry of tuff is being investigated with particular emphasis on retardation processes. This report addresses the various aspects of sorption by tuff, physical and chemical makeup of tuff, diffusion processes, tuff/groundwater chemistry, waste element chemistry under expected repository conditions, transport processes involved in porous and fracture flow, and geochemical and transport modeling.},
doi = {10.2172/59148},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/59148}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
}