Nevada nuclear waste-storage investigations. Quarterly report, January-March 1982

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:59044

Purpose of the investigations is to determine whether specific underground rock masses are suitable for the permanent disposal of high-level wastes, and whether the Nevada Test Site would qualify as a suitable repository site. The work is broken into the following areas: systems, waste package, site, repository, regulatory and institutional, test facilities, land acquisition, and program management. Emphasis is on studying the tuffs under Yucca Mountain: backfill, diffusion, permeability, geology, hydrology, etc. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Las Vegas, NV (United States). Nevada Operations Office
• OSTI ID: 59044
• Report Number(s): NVO--196-30; ON: DE82016400
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
BACKFILLING
GEOLOGY
GRANITES
HYDROLOGY
NEVADA TEST SITE
PERMEABILITY
POROSITY
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SEISMOLOGY
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SITE SELECTION
TEST FACILITIES
TUFF
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
Yucca Mountain Project