Ground-water sampling of the NNWSI [Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigation] water table test wells surrounding Yucca Mountain, Nevada
- Nevada Univ., Reno, NV (USA). Water Resources Center
The US Geological Survey (USGS), as part of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigation (NNWSI) study of the water table in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, completed 16 test holes on the Nevada Test Site and Bureau of Land Management-administered lands surrounding Yucca Mountain. These 16 wells are monitored by the USGS for water-level data; however, they had not been sampled for ground-water chemistry or isotropic composition. As part of the review of the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste repository, the Desert Research Institute (DRI) sampled six of these wells. The goal of this sampling program was to measure field-dependent parameters of the water such as electrical conductivity, pH, temperature and dissolved oxygen, and to collect samples for major and minor element chemistry and isotopic analysis. This information will be used as part of a program to geochemically model the flow direction between the volcanic tuff aquifers and the underlying regional carbonate aquifer.
- Research Organization:
- Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office, Carson City, NV (United States); Nevada Univ., Reno, NV (United States). Water Resources Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG08-85NV10461
- OSTI ID:
- 137593
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10461--T34; ON: DE90004744; IN: NWPO-TR-010-89
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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