Session No. 49 Sunday, October 27, 2002

1:00 PM-3:45 PM, Colorado Convention Center: C207
T123. Tectonic Modeling Applied to the Characterization and Evaluation of Yucca Mountain as a National Nuclear Waste Repository Site: Concepts, Methods, and Hazard Analyses at Local and Regional Scales
Dennis O'Leary, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
49-11:00 PM EVALUATING RADIOLOGICAL RISKS FROM SEISMOTECTONIC HAZARDS AT THE PROPOSED RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S RISK-INFORMED AND PERFORMANCE-BASED APPROACH: JUSTUS, Philip S.1, STAMATAKOS, John A.2, MCCARTIN, Timothy J.3, and FIRTH, James R.3, (1) Division Of Waste Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, M/S T-7F3, Washington, DC 20555-0001, psj@nrc.gov, (2) Southwest Rsch Institute, 6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, (3) U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7J-8, Washington, DC 20555
49-21:15 PM TECTONIC SETTING OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, IN EVALUATIONS OF FAULT, EARTHQUAKE, AND VOLCANIC HAZARDS: STAMATAKOS, John A., Southwest Rsch Institute, 6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, jstam@swri.edu.
49-31:35 PM STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONIC IMPLICATION OF UPPER OLIGOCENE AND LOWER MIOCENE STRATA IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN AREA: MURRAY, Danielle A.1, RIDGWAY, Ken D.1, STAMATAKOS, John A.2, and GRAY, Mary Beth3, (1) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 1397 Civil Engineering Building, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, ridge@purdue.edu, (2) Southwest Rsch Institute, 6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, (3) Geology, Bucknell Univ, Lewisburg, PA 17837
49-41:50 PM THE GEOLOGIC BASIS FOR VOLCANIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: PERRY, Frank V., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Lab, Environmental Geology and Risk Analysis, M.S. J521, Los Alamos, NM 87545, fperry@lanl.gov and YOUNGS, Robert, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc, 2101 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94612
49-52:10 PM DEEP MELTING OF HOT MANTLE: IMPLICATIONS FOR VOLCANIC HAZARD STUDIES AT THE PROPOSED NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: SMITH, Eugene I., Geoscience, Univ Nevada - Las Vegas, PO Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, gsmith@ccmail.nevada.edu, KEENAN, Deborah L., Geoscience Consultants, Henderson, NV 89014, PLANK, Terry, Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, and HO, C.-H., Department of Mathematical Sciences, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154
49-62:25 PM PALEOSEISMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF QUATERNARY FAULTS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: MENGES, Christopher M., U.S. Geological Survey, 520 N. Park Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719, cmmenges@usgs.gov and WHITNEY, John W., U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center MS 980, Denver, CO 80225
49-72:45 PM EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: WONG, Ivan G., Seismic Hazards Group, URS Corporation, 500 12th St, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94607, ivan_wong@urscorp.com, STEPP, J.C., Blanco, TX, WHITNEY, J., USGS, Denver, CO, QUITTMEYER, R., ISSI, Las Vegas, NV, ABRAHAMSON, N., Piedmont, CA, COPPERSMITH, K., Walnut Creek, CA, YOUNGS, R., Geomatrix Consultants, Oakland, CA, TORO, G., Risk Engineering, Acton, MA, SULLIVAN, T., DOE, Las Vegas, NV, and SAVY, J., LLNL, Livermore, CA
49-83:00 PM TECTONIC HISTORY OF MAJOR FAULTS IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN REGION: POTENTIAL PATHWAYS FOR FLUID MIGRATION: ANDERSON, Thomas H., DEEMER, Danielle L., and VANDER SCHRIER, Ann L., Geology and Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, dldst59@pitt.edu

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