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Thermal stability of zeolitic tuff from Yucca Mountain, Nevada

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OSTI ID:137877
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  1. Earth and Environmental Sciences Div., Los Alamos National Lab., Los Alamos, NM (US)

This paper discusses thermal models of the potential repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, that suggest that rocks near the potential host rock will experience elevated temperatures for at least 1000 yr. The effects of elevated temperatures on zeolitic tuffs, the thermal stabilities of the zeolites clinoptilolite and mordenite, common in the rocks at Yucca Mountain have been investigated. Thermal behavior of both zeolites is presented.

OSTI ID:
137877
Report Number(s):
CONF-900406--; ISBN 0-87262-751-9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English