Field Research Program for Unsaturated Flow and Transport Experimentation

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:138313

Tidwell, V. C. ^[1]; Rautman, C. A. ^[1]; Glass, R. J. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

As part of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, a field research program has been developed to refine and validate models for flow and transport through unsaturated fractured rock. Validation of these models within the range of their application for performance assessment requires a more sophisticated understanding of the processes that govern flow and transport within fractured porous media than currently exists. In particular, our research is prioritized according to understanding and modeling processes that, if not accurately incorporated into performance assessment models, would adversely impact the project`s ability to evaluate repository performance. For this reason, we have oriented our field program toward enhancing our understanding of scaling processes as they relate to effective media property modeling, as well as to the conceptual modeling of complex flow and transport phenomena.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 138313
• Report Number(s): SAND--91-1984C; CONF-920430--19; ON: DE92005322
• Resource Type: Conference paper/presentation
• Conference Information: 3. international high level radioactive waste management (IHLRWM) conference, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 12-16 Apr 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
58 GEOSCIENCES
FLUID FLOW
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDRAULIC TRANSPORT
HYDRAULICS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PERFORMANCE
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
ROCK MECHANICS
ROCK-FLUID INTERACTIONS
ROCKS
SATURATION
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
STATISTICAL MODELS
TUFF
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
VALIDATION
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project