Hydrologic characteristics of faults at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Conference · Sun Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2001

OSTI ID:794098

Dickerson, Robert P

Yucca Mountain is under study as a potential site for underground storage of high-level radioactive waste, with the principle goal being the safe isolation of the waste from the accessible environment. This paper addresses the hydrogeologic characteristics of the fault zones at Yucca Mountain, focusing primarily on the central part of the mountain where the potential repository block is located.

• Research Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AI08-97NV12033
• OSTI ID: 794098
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2001 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, NV (US), 04/29/2001--05/03/2001; Other Information: PBD: 29 Apr 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
HYDROLOGY
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
FAULTS
HYDROLOGIC
CHARACTERISTICS