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Effects of Exploratory Studies Facility construction water on radionuclide release

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OSTI ID:378724

ESF is a planned underground laboratory to conduct subsurface explortion and testing in support of site suitability determination and license application for a potential high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. ESF design includes a 7.6 m dia, 7.8 km long tunnel loop of two main access ramps from the surface down to a main drift along the conceptual repository horizon in a fractured, welded tuff (Topopah Spring member of Paintbrush Tuff). The use of water during excavation of the ESF is expected to have negligible effects on radionuclide release from waste packages, provided the volume of water lost to the geologic environment is limited to 7.4 m{sup 3}/m of linear excavation.

Research Organization:
INTERA, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC01-91RW00134
OSTI ID:
378724
Report Number(s):
CONF-9605148--2; ON: DE96006310
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English