Session No. 137 Tuesday, October 29, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: Exhibit Hall
T68. Yucca Mountain Update: Recent Advances from Scientific Investigations of the Unsaturated Zone (Posters)
 Paper #Booth #
137-1170CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PORE WATER FROM BOREHOLES USW SD-6 AND USW WT-24, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: YANG, I.C.1, PETERMAN, Z.E.1, and SCOFIELD, K.M.2, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 421, Denver, CO 80225, ayang@usgs.gov, (2) S.M. Stoller Corp., c/o U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 419, Denver, CO 80225
137-2171GEOCHEMISTRY OF PORE WATER FROM DENSELY WELDED TOPOPAH SPRING TUFF AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: PETERMAN, Zell E., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, peterman@usgs.gov and MARSHALL, Brian D., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
137-3172U-SERIES ISOTOPES, WATER/ROCK INTERACTION, AND EVIDENCE OF UNSATURATED-ZONE FLOW AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: PACES, James B., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jbpaces@usgs.gov and NEYMARK, Leonid A., S.M Stoller Corp. c/o U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
137-4173LIMITATIONS OF THE U-PB METHOD WHEN DATING URANIFEROUS OPALS DEPOSITED IN OPEN CAVITIES: IMPLICATION FOR THE THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN: PASHENKO, Sergey E., Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Kinetic and Combustion, Lavrentieva Ave. 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, pashenko@ecolog.nsk.ru and DUBLYANSKY, Yuri V., Russian Academy Sciences, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, 3 Academica Koptiuga Ave, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, kyoto_yuri@hotmail.com
137-5174STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF FAULTED BISHOP TUFF: ANALOG FOR NON-WELDED PAINTBRUSH TUFF, YUCCA MOUNTAIN: BRADBURY, Kelly K. and EVANS, James P., Dept. of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, kellykb@cc.usu.edu
137-6175MATRIX PERMEABILITIES OF FAULTED NONWELDED TUFFS: DINWIDDIE, Cynthia L.1, FEDORS, Randall W.1, FERRILL, David A.1, and KEIGHLEY BRADBURY, Kelly2, (1) Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Rsch Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, cdinwiddie@swri.org, (2) Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84335-4505
137-7176USING PORE-WATER CHLORIDE DATA TO CALIBRATE THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN UNSATURATED ZONE FLOW AND TRANSPORT MODEL: LIU, J., SONNENTHAL, E.L., and BODVARSSON, G.S., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, elsonnenthal@lbl.gov
137-8177MOISTURE OBSERVATIONS IN SEALED TUNNELS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: COLEMAN, Neil1, WINTERLE, James2, ARLT, Hans1, DINWIDDIE, Cynthia2, and FEDORS, Randall3, (1) Division of Waste Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7F3, Washington, DC 20555, nmc@nrc.gov, (2) Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, Bldg. 189, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, (3) Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Rsch Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, Bldg. 189, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166
137-9178NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION OF DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR FRACTURE SEALING AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: KNEAFSEY, T.J., DOBSON, P.F., SONNENTHAL, E.L., SPYCHER, N., and APPS, J.A., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, pfdobson@lbl.gov
137-10179EFFECTS OF ROCK MECHANICAL DEGRADATION ON SEEPAGE INTO DRIFTS: LI, Guomin and TSANG, Chin-Fu, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, gmli@lbl.gov
137-11180THERMAL LOADING AT A POTENTIAL REPOSITORY: MODELING THE THERMAL-HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE WITHIN THE UNSATURATED ZONE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: HAUKWA, C., WU, Y.-S., and BODVARSSON, G.S., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, cbhaukwa@lbl.gov
137-12181"ONE-ON" STYLE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE BARRIER PERFORMANCE OF THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY: MEHTA, Sunil, LEE, Kearn P., SEVOUGIAN, S. David, SAULNIER, George J., KALINICH, Donald A., and MCNEISH, Jerry A., Total System Performance Assessment, Framatome ANP DE&S, Inc, 1180 Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89144, sunil_mehta@notes.ymp.gov

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