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Title: Numerical simulation of flow and transport in partially saturated, fractured tuff

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OSTI ID:59153

The unsaturated, fractured tuff of Yucca Mountain in the Nevada Test Site is one of the target sites for geologic storage of high-level radioactive waste. A modeling study of flow and transport in this geologically complex site is presented. Numerical models of mass and heat flow in conjunction with analytical solutions are being used for sensitivity and pathway analysis studies and to aid in design and interpretation of laboratory and field flow and transport tests in tuff. 11 references, 9 figures, 1 table.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Nuttall and Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
59153
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-83-3341; CONF-831174-27; ON: DE84003795
Resource Relation:
Conference: Materials Research Society annual meeting, Boston, MA (United States), 14-17 Nov 1983; Other Information: PBD: 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English