Death Valley Lower Carbonate Aquifer Monitoring Program: Wells Down Gradient of the Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository

Technical Report · Fri Sep 03 04:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/991653· OSTI ID:991653

King, Michael J. ^[1]; Bredehoeft, John D. ^[2]

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1. The Hydrodynamics Group, LLC, Edmonds, WA (United States); The Hydrodynamics Group, LLC
2. The Hydrodynamics Group, LLC, Edmonds, WA (United States)

Inyo County completed the first year of the U.S. Department of Energy Grant Agreement No. DE-RW0000233. This report presents the results of research conducted within this Grant agreement in the context of Inyo County's Yucca Mountain oversight program goals and objectives. The Hydrodynamics Group, LLC prepared this report for Inyo County Yucca Mountain Repository Assessment Office. The overall goal of Inyo County's Yucca Mountain research program is the evaluation of far-field issues related to potential transport, by ground water, of radionuclide into Inyo County, including Death Valley, and the evaluation of a connection between the Lower Carbonate Aquifer (LCA) and the biosphere. Data collected within the Grant is included in interpretive illustrations and discussions of the results of our analysis. The centeral elements of this Grant prgoram was the drilling of exploratory wells, geophysical surveys, geological mapping of the Southern Funeral Mountain Range. The cullimination of this research was 1) a numerical ground water model of the Southern Funeral Mountain Range demonstrating the potential of a hydraulic connection between the LCA and the major springs in the Furnace Creek area of Death Valley, and 2) a numerical ground water model of the Amargosa Valley to evaluate the potential for radionuclide transport from Yucca Mountain to Inyo County, California. The report provides a description of research and activities performed by The Hydrodynamics Group, LLC on behalf of Inyo County, and copies of key work products in attachments to this report.

• Research Organization: The Hydrodynamics Group, LLC, Edmonds, WA (United States); The County of Inyo, Independence, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (RW)
• DOE Contract Number: RW0000233
• OSTI ID: 991653
• Report Number(s): DOE/RW--0000233
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
Amargosa Valley
BIOSPHERE
Biosphere
Death Valley
EXPLORATORY WELLS
Exploratory Wells
Furnace Creek
GROUND WATER
Geological
Geophsycial
Gound Water Model
Ground Water
HYDRAULICS
Hydraulic
Inyo County
Lower Carbonate Aquifer
Numerical Ground Water Model
Potential Transport
RADIOISOTOPES
Radionuclide
SPRINGS
Southern Funeral Mountain Range
Springs
Water Discharge
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain