A sensitivity analysis of flow through layered, fractured tuff: Implications for performance allocation and performance assessment modeling
We have recently completed a sensitivity study of unsaturated flow through a system of layered, fractured tuffs. This study was defined and performed for the International Hydrologic Code Intercomparison Project (HYDROCOIN). The modeled system was highly constrained and simplified but was loosely based on conditions though to exist at Yucca Mountain. The proposed paper will cover: a brief description of the system modeled, the mathematical model used, and the analyses performed for this study; a summary of the major conclusions drawn regarding the important types of flow behavior that were observed, and a discussion of the implications of the different types of flow behavior for performance allocation and for performance assessment using simplified models.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 137535
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-89-1915C; CONF-890928-5; ON: DE90001172
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Nuclear waste isolation in the unsaturated zone: FOCUS `89, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 18-21 Sep 1989; Other Information: PBD: [1989]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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