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Probable maximum flood control; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/140769· OSTI ID:140769
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  1. Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
This study proposes preliminary design concepts to protect the waste-handling facilities and all shaft and ramp entries to the underground from the probable maximum flood (PMF) in the current design configuration for the proposed Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigation (NNWSI) repository protection provisions were furnished by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USSR) or developed from USSR data. Proposed flood protection provisions include site grading, drainage channels, and diversion dikes. Figures are provided to show these proposed flood protection provisions at each area investigated. These areas are the central surface facilities (including the waste-handling building and waste treatment building), tuff ramp portal, waste ramp portal, men-and-materials shaft, emplacement exhaust shaft, and exploratory shafts facility.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States); Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
140769
Report Number(s):
SAND--88-7051; ON: DE92017282
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English