Preclosure monitoring and performance confirmation at Yucca Mountain: Applicability of geophysical, geohydrological, and geochemical methods

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/138066· OSTI ID:138066

Tsang, C F

The present paper presents considerations on studies that would be required for preclosure monitoring and performance confirmation of a nuclear waste geologic repository in an unsaturated zone. The critical parameters that should be monitored are reviewed and two scales of measurement relevant to monitoring activities, room scale and repository scale, are taken as a framework for investigation. A number of monitoring methods based on geophysics, geohydrology, and geochemistry are briefly summarized for their potential usefulness for preclosure monitoring and performance confirmation of the geologic repository. Particular emphasis is given to measurement of the spatial distribution of parameters in contrast to single-point measurements of quantities. 12 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 138066
• Report Number(s): LBL--26428; ON: DE91010216
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING
CONSTRUCTION
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
GEOLOGY
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
HEAT TRANSFER
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROLOGY
MODIFICATIONS
MOISTURE
MONITORING
NEVADA
NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PSYCHROMETRY
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
ROCKS
SEISMIC EFFECTS
SHAFT EXCAVATIONS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
UNDERGROUND MINING
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
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