Geothermal resource assessment of the Yucca Mountain Area, Nye County, Nevada. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/366470· OSTI ID:366470

Flynn, T; Buchanan, P; Trexler, D ^[1]

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1. Nevada Univ., Las Vegas, NV (United States). Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, Division of Earth Sciences

An assessment of the geothermal resources within a fifty-mile radius of the Yucca Mountain Project area was conducted to determine the potential for commercial development. The assessment includes collection, evaluation, and quantification of existing geological, geochemical, hydrological, and geophysical data within the Yucca Mountain area as they pertain to geothermal phenomena. Selected geologic, geochemical, and geophysical data were reduced to a set of common-scale digital maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for systematic analysis and evaluation. Available data from the Yucca Mountain area were compared to similar data from developed and undeveloped geothermal areas in other parts of the Great Basin to assess the resource potential for future geothermal development at Yucca Mountain. This information will be used in the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project to determine the potential suitability of the site as a permanent underground repository for high-level nuclear waste.

• Research Organization: University and Community Coll. System of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC08-90NV10872
• OSTI ID: 366470
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/10872--T273; ON: DE96014536
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
Geothermal Legacy
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SPENT FUELS
STRATIGRAPHY
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
YUCCA MOUNTAIN