Summary report on the geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and environs

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/59148· OSTI ID:59148

Daniels, W R; Wolfsberg, K; Rundberg, R S

This report gives a detailed description of work at Los Alamos that will help resolve geochemical issues pertinent to siting a high-level nuclear waste repository in tuff at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. It is necessary to understand the properties and setting of the host tuff because this rock provides the first natural barrier to migration of waste elements from a repository. The geochemistry of tuff is being investigated with particular emphasis on retardation processes. This report addresses the various aspects of sorption by tuff, physical and chemical makeup of tuff, diffusion processes, tuff/groundwater chemistry, waste element chemistry under expected repository conditions, transport processes involved in porous and fracture flow, and geochemical and transport modeling.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 59148
• Report Number(s): LA--9328-MS; ON: DE83013357
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
58 GEOSCIENCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FRACTURES
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GROUND WATER
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
NEVADA TEST SITE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SITE SELECTION
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
TUFF
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
Yucca Mountain Project