Computed distributions of residual shaft drilling and construction water in the exploratory facilities at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Technical Report · Sat Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:137652

Eaton, R R; Peterson, A C

The Yucca Mountain Project is studying the feasibility of constructing a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in southwest Nevada. One activity of site characterization is the construction of two exploratory shafts. This paper contains the results of engineering analytical calculations of the potential distribution of residual construction water in the exploratory shafts and drifts and numerical calculations of the movement of the residual water and how the movement is affected by drift ventilation. In all cases the increase in rock saturation resulting from the construction water was extremely small. 11 refs., 15 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 137652
• Report Number(s): SAND--89-2018C; CONF-900406--5; ON: DE90004210
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMPILED DATA
CONSTRUCTION
FORECASTING
GEOLOGIC FRACTURES
GEOLOGIC STRATA
GROUND WATER
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROLOGY
IN-SITU PROCESSING
MATERIALS TESTING
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MIGRATION LENGTH
PACKAGING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RECOMMENDATIONS
ROCK MECHANICS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
VENTILATION SYSTEMS
WELL LOGGING
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project