Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Tuff: Yucca Mountain (USA) [Geological Disposal in Tuff: Yucca Mountain]

Swift, Peter N.; Bonano, Evaristo J.

doi:10.2113/gselements.12.4.263

Title: Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Tuff: Yucca Mountain (USA) [Geological Disposal in Tuff: Yucca Mountain]

Abstract

For more than three decades, the US Department of Energy has investigated the potential for permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel in a deep-mined repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada (USA). A detailed license application submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008 provides full documentation of the case for permanent disposal of nuclear waste in tuff. Furthermore, the aridity of the site and great depth to the water table provide a disposal environment and a design concept unique among deep-mined repositories currently or previously proposed worldwide.

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Swift, Peter N. ^[1]; Bonano, Evaristo J. ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: SNL

OSTI Identifier:: 1497666

Report Number(s):: SAND-2015-7583J
Journal ID: ISSN 1811-5209; 672304

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Elements

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1811-5209

Publisher:: Mineralogical Society of America

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; Yucca Mountain; radioactive waste; deep geological disposal; tuff

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                    Swift, Peter N., and Bonano, Evaristo J. Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Tuff: Yucca Mountain (USA) [Geological Disposal in Tuff: Yucca Mountain].  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Swift, Peter N., & Bonano, Evaristo J. Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Tuff: Yucca Mountain (USA) [Geological Disposal in Tuff: Yucca Mountain].  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.12.4.263

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"Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Tuff: Yucca Mountain (USA) [Geological Disposal in Tuff: Yucca Mountain]".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.12.4.263.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1497666.

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  title        = {Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Tuff: Yucca Mountain (USA) [Geological Disposal in Tuff: Yucca Mountain]},

  author       = {Swift, Peter N. and Bonano, Evaristo J.},

  abstractNote = {For more than three decades, the US Department of Energy has investigated the potential for permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel in a deep-mined repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada (USA). A detailed license application submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008 provides full documentation of the case for permanent disposal of nuclear waste in tuff. Furthermore, the aridity of the site and great depth to the water table provide a disposal environment and a design concept unique among deep-mined repositories currently or previously proposed worldwide.},

  doi          = {10.2113/gselements.12.4.263},

  journal      = {Elements},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 12,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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