Site characterization plan: Conceptual design report: Volume 5, Appendices P-R: Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project
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The site for the prospective respository is located at Yucca Mountain in southwestern Nevada, and the waste emplacement area will be constructed in the underlying volcanic tuffs. The target horizon for waste emplacement is a sloping bed of densely welded tuff more than 650 ft below the surface and typically more than 600 ft above the water table. The conceptual design described in this report is unique among repository designs in that it uses ramps in addition to shafts to gain access to the underground facility, the emplacement horizon is located above the water table, and it is possible that 300- to 400-ft-long horizontal waste emplacement boreholes will be used. This report summarizes the design bases, design and performance criteria, and the design analyses performed. The current status of meeting the preclosure performance objectives for licensing and of resolving the repository design and preclosure issues is presented. The repository design presented in this report will be expanded and refined during the advanced conceptual design, the license application design, and the final procurement and construction design phases. Volume 5 contains appendices P through R.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States); Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 60390
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-84-2641-Vol.5; ON: DE88004781
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1987
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
NEVADA
TUFF
DESIGN
LICENSING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLANNING
DECISION MAKING
MINE SHAFTS
BOREHOLES
FORECASTING
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
STRESS ANALYSIS
VENTILATION
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Yucca Mountain Project