Session No. 103 Monday, October 28, 2002

1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: A207
T68. Yucca Mountain Update: Recent Advances from Scientific Investigations of the Unsaturated Zone II
Robert Levich and Ronald Linden, Presiding
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103-11:30 PM SOURCES OF CHLORIDE ION IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN TUFFS, NEVADA: GASCOYNE, Mel, Gascoyne GeoProjects Inc, P.O. Box 141, Pinawa, MB R0E 1L0 Canada, gascoyne@granite.mb.ca.
103-21:45 PM EFFECTS OF SAMPLE PROCESSING ON CHLORINE-36/CHLORINE RATIOS IN UNSATURATED CRYSTALLINE ROCKS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNSATURATED ZONE FLOW: ROBACK, Robert C., JONES, Catherine L., FABRYKA-MARTIN, June, ROSEBORROUGH, Kyle, WOLFSBERG, Laura E., and DIXON, Paul, Los Alamos National Lab, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545-0001, roback@lanl.gov
103-32:00 PM GAS- AND LIQUID-PHASE DYNAMICS OF LOW-TEMPERATURE MINERAL FORMATION IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: WHELAN, Joseph F.1, WEEKS, E.P.2, and PACES, J.B.1, (1) Yucca Mountain Project, US Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jfwhelan@usgs.gov, (2) WRD, US Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
103-42:15 PM C-O-SR-U ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR THE METEORIC ORIGIN OF CALCRETE AT SOLITARIO CANYON WASH, CRATER FLAT, NEVADA: NEYMARK, Leonid A.1, MARSHALL, Brian D.2, PACES, James B.2, PETERMAN, Zell E.2, and WHELAN, Joseph F.2, (1) S.M. Stoller Corp. c/o U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, lneymark@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
103-52:30 PM SORPTION BEHAVIOR OF URANIUM ONTO YUCCA MOUNTAIN ALLUVIUM: SCISM, C.D., DING, Mei, and REIMUS, Paul W., Chemistry Division, Isotope and Nuclear Chemistry Group, Los Alamos National Lab, TA-48, MS J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545, Scism@lanl.gov
103-62:45 PM SEASONAL FLUCTUATION IN URANIUM DECAY-SERIES COMPOSITION OF WATERS AT PEŅA BLANCA, MEXICO: SIMMONS, Ardyth M.1, MURRELL, Michael T.2, and GOLDSTEIN, Steven J.2, (1) Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, asimmons@lbl.gov, (2) Los Alamos National Lab, MS J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545
103-73:00 PM THERMAL-HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN THE DRIFT-SCALE TEST AS INDICATED BY MEASURED TEMPERATURE: LIN, Wunan1, CASE, John2, VOGT, Tim2, and WAGONER, Jeff1, (1) Energy & Environment Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551, lin1@llnl.gov, (2) Bechtel-SAIC Co, LLC, 1180 Town Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89144
103-83:15 PM EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS AROUND DRIFTS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: SPYCHER, N., SONNENTHAL, E.L., and APPS, J.A., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, nspycher@lbl.gov
 3:30 PM Break
103-93:45 PM A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF EPISODIC LOCALIZED INFILTRATION INTO SUPERHEATED FRACTURED ROCK: BIRKHOLZER, Jens, Earth Sciences Division, Lawerence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov and HO, Clifford K., Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185
103-104:00 PM SILICA DEPOSITION IN FIELD AND LABORATORY THERMAL TESTS OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN TUFF: LEVY, Schon S., Group EES-6, Los Alamos National Lab, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, sslevy@lanl.gov, CHIPERA, Steve J., Group EES-6, Los Alamos National Lab, MS D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545, and SNOW, Marjorie G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Lab, Mail Stop D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545
103-114:15 PM BUSTED BUTTE PHASE 2: INTRODUCTION AND ANALYTICAL MODELING OF NONREACTIVE TRACER AND LITHIUM BREAKTHROUGH: TURIN, H.J. and SOLL, W.E., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, turin@lanl.gov
103-124:30 PM BUSTED BUTTE PHASE 2: ANALYSIS OF POST-TEST MINEBACK AND OVERCORE ROCK SAMPLES: GROFFMAN, A.R., TURIN, H.J., MCGRAW, M.A., JONES, C.L., SCISM, C.D., and SOLL, W.E., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544, groffman@lanl.gov
103-134:45 PM BUSTED BUTTE: ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES AND NUMERICAL MODELING RESULTS: SOLL, W.E., KEARNEY, M., STAUFFER, P., TSENG, P., TURIN, H.J., and LU, Z., Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, stauffer@lanl.gov
103-145:00 PM RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION EXPERIMENTS AT A SCALE OF UP TO 1 METRE IN TUFF BLOCKS UNDER UNSATURATED CONDITIONS: VANDERGRAAF, Tjalle T.1, DREW, Douglas J.1, TICKNOR, Kenneth V.1, and SEDDON, William A.2, (1) Engineered Barriers and Analysis Branch, Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, MB R0E 1L0, Canada, vandergraaft@aecl.ca, (2) AECL Technologies Inc, U.S. Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office, P.O. Box 364629, North Las Vegas, NV 89036-8629
103-155:15 PM THE USE OF PARALLEL COMPUTING TO SIMULATE FLUID FLOW IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: ZHANG, K., WU, Y.-S., and BODVARSSON, G.S., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, kzhang@lbl.gov

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