Proceedings of workshop 5: Flow and transport through unsaturated fractured rock -- related to high-level radioactive waste disposal

Conference · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10170978

Evans, D D ^[1]; Nicholson, T J ^[2]

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1. ed.; Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources
2. ed.; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications

The ``Workshop on Flow and Transport Through Unsaturated Fractured Rock Related to High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal`` was cosponsored by the NRC, the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, and the University of Arizona (UAZ) and was held in Tucson, Arizona, on January 7--10, 1991. The focus of this workshop, similar to the earlier four (the first being in 1982), related to hydrogeologic technical issues associated with possible disposal of commercial high-level nuclear waste (HLW) in a geologic repository within an unsaturated fractured rock system which coincides with the UAZ field studies on HLW disposal. The presentations and discussions centered on flow and transport processes and conditions, relevant parameters, as well as state-of-the-art measurement techniques, and modeling capabilities. The workshop consisted of: four half-day technical meetings, a one day field visit to the Apache Leap test site to review ongoing field studies that are examining site characterization techniques and developing data sets for model validation studies, and a final half-day session devoted to examining research needs related to modeling groundwater flow and radionuclide transport in unsaturated, fractured rock. These proceedings provide extended abstracts of the technical presentations and short summaries of the research group reports.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications; Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States). Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses; Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources
• Sponsoring Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10170978
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CP--0040; CONF-9101106--; ON: TI93016989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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COMPUTER CODES
FLUID FLOW
FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
GROUND WATER
HYDROLOGY
LEADING ABSTRACT
MEETINGS
PROCEEDINGS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE