2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
Session No. 134 Tuesday, November 4, 2003
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Washington State Convention and Trade Center: 307/308

T9. The Proposed Deep Geologic Repository for High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Attributes of the Natural System I

Ronald M. Linden, Robert A. Levich and Ardyth Simmons, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
134-18:00 AM TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SITE CHARACTERIZATION AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: SIMMONS, Ardyth M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Lab, MS-D446, Los Alamos, NM 87545, asimmons@lanl.gov, LINDEN, Ronald M., Golder Associates, Inc, 1551 Hillshire Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134, and LEVICH, Robert A., US Department of Energy, 1551 Hillshire Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134
134-28:15 AM THE ROAD TO YUCCA MOUNTAIN: A BRIEF HISTORY: STUCKLESS, John S., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 421, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, stuckles@usgs.gov and ROSEBOOM, Eugene H. Jr, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192
134-38:30 AM GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE PROPOSED HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: POTTER, Christopher J., U.S.G.S, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, cpotter@usgs.gov, DAY, Warren C., U.S.G.S, MS 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, and SWEETKIND, Donald S., U.S.G.S, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
134-48:45 AM UNDERSTANDING THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN: O'LEARY, Dennis W., U. S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center ms 425, Denver, CO 80225, dwoleary@usgs.gov.
134-59:00 AM A PHYSICAL ANALOG MODEL OF EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN REGION, NEVADA: SIMS, Darrell W.1, MORRIS, Alan P.2, FERRILL, David A.1, STAMATAKOS, John A.1, and WAITING, Deborah J.1, (1) Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Rsch Institute®, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, dsims@cnwra.swri.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249
134-69:15 AM SEISMIC HAZARD STUDIES AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: QUITTMEYER, Richard, Integrated Sci Solutions Inc, 1180 Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89117, Richard_Quittmeyer@notes.ymp.gov, WONG, Ivan, URS Corporation, Oakland, CA 94607, STEPP, J. Carl, Earthquake Hazards Solutions, Blanco, TX 78606, and WHITNEY, John W., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO 80225
134-79:30 AM SEISMIC MONITORING NEAR YUCCA MOUNTAIN: SMITH, Ken, VON SEGGERN, David, BIASI, Glenn P., BRUNE, James N., and ANDERSON, John G., Nevada Seismological Laboratory, Univ Nevada - Reno, MS 174, Reno, NV 89557-0138, ken@seismo.unr.edu
134-89:45 AM VOLCANIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT AT THE PROPOSED YUCCA MOUNTAIN HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY, SOUTHERN NEVADA, USA: BASALTIC VOLCANISM IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN REGION: 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.
 10:00 AM Break
134-910:15 AM YUCCA MOUNTAIN CLIMATE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: SHARPE, Saxon E., Desert Rsch Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095, ssharpe@dri.edu.
134-1010:30 AM EVIDENCE FROM SECONDARY CALCITE d13C VALUES OF UNSATURATED-ZONE DEPOSITIONAL CONDITIONS AND PAST CLIMATE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: WHELAN, Joseph, U.S Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jfwhelan@usgs.gov, NEYMARK, Leonid A., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, and MOSCATI, Richard J., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
134-1110:45 AM GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PAINTBRUSH GROUP, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN NEVADA: PETERMAN, Zell E., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, peterman@usgs.gov and PACES, James B., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
134-1211:00 AM CLAY AND ZEOLITE RECORDS OF NATURAL GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: VANIMAN, David1, CHIPERA, Steve1, and BISH, David2, (1) Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geology, Los Alamos National Lab, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, vaniman@lanl.gov, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405
134-1311:15 AM WATER FLOW IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: BODVARSSON, Gudmundur S., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, One Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, gsbodvarsson@lbl.gov.
134-1411:30 AM GEOCHEMISTRY OF PORE WATER FROM THE UNSATURATED ZONE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: SCOFIELD, Kevin M., S.M. Stoller Corp., c/o U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 419, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, kscofiel@usgs.gov and OLIVER, Thomas A., S.M. Stoller Corp., c/o U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 421, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225
134-1511:45 AM STRONTIUM ISOTOPES IN PORE WATER AND TRAVEL TIME IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: MARSHALL, Brian D. and FUTA, Kiyoto, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225-0046, bdmarsha@usgs.gov

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