2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 11 Sunday, November 7, 2004
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 203

T33. Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Rising to the Challenge of Regulatory Requirements and Environmental Protection at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Near Carlsbad, New Mexico, and the Yucca Mountain Site, Southern Nevada I

Robert A. Levich, Russell L. Patterson and Ronald M. Linden, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
11-18:00 AM THE NECESSITY OF GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL: LINDEN, Ronald M., Golder Associates, Inc, 1551 Hillshire Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134, ronald_linden@ymp.gov and LEVICH, Robert A., US Department of Energy, 1551 Hillshire Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134
11-28:15 AM PERMANENT DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN A DEEP GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY NEAR CARLSBAD, NM: PATTERSON, Russell L. and CASEY, Steve, U.S. Department of Energy, Carlsbad Field Office, P. O. Box 3090, Carlsbad, NM 88221, russ.patterson@wipp.ws
11-38:30 AM YUCCA MOUNTAIN AND THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY – PAST AND PRESENT: STUCKLESS, John S., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 421, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, stuckles@usgs.gov.
11-48:45 AM WIPP COMPLIANCE RECERTIFICATION – A LEANER, MEANER APPLICATION: CASEY, Stephen C. and PATTERSON, R.L., Carlsbad Field Office - Office of Disposal, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 3090, MS: GSA-224, Carlsbad, NM 88221, steve.casey@wipp.ws
11-59:00 AM TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF A DENSE CONTINUOUS GPS VELOCITY FIELD AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: WERNICKE, Brian1, DAVIS, James2, BENNETT, Richard2, NORMANDEAU, James2, FRIEDRICH, Anke1, and NIEMI, Nathan1, (1) Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, brian@gps.caltech.edu, (2) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St, Mail Stop 42, Cambridge, MA 02138
11-69:15 AM GEOLOGIC AND ROCK MECHANICS LIMITS ON MAXIMUM POTENTIAL STRAIN IN THE 12.8-M.Y. HISTORY OF THE TOPOPAH SPRING TUFF AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: BUESCH, David C., US Geological Survey, 1180 N Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89144-6363, dbuesch@usgs.gov and DAMJANAC, Branko, ITASCA Consulting Group, 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 450, Minneapolis, MN 55401
11-79:30 AM BOUNDING PEAK GROUND VELOCITIES FOR SEISMIC EVENTS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: KING, Jerry L., Bechtel SAIC Co, LLC, 1180 Town Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89144, Jerry_King@ymp.gov, COPPERSMITH, Kevin J., Coppersmith Consulting, Inc, 2121 N. California Blvd., Ste 290, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, and QUITTMEYER, Richard C., Integrated Science Solutions, Inc, 1180 N Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89144
11-89:45 AM PETROGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF PAST SEISMICITY FROM SECONDARY CALCITE AND OPAL IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: WHELAN, Joseph, U.S Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jfwhelan@usgs.gov.
 10:00 AM Break
11-910:15 AM REDUCING UNCERTAINTY IN THE HAZARD OF VOLCANIC DISRUPTION OF THE PROPOSED YUCCA MOUNTAIN RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY USING A HIGH-RESOLUTION AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY TO DETECT BURIED BASALTIC VOLCANOES IN ALLUVIAL-FILLED BASINS: PERRY, Frank V., COGBILL, Allen H., and OLIVER, Ronald D., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Labaratory, M.S. J521, Los Alamos, NM 87545, fperry@lanl.gov
11-1010:30 AM THE OCCURRENCE OF ERIONITE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: LEVY, Schon S., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, EES-6, Los Alamos National Lab, Mail Stop D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, sslevy@lanl.gov and CHIPERA, Steve J., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, EES-6, Los Alamos National Lab, Mail Stop D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545
11-1110:45 AM CLIMATE SUMMARIES: YUCCA MOUNTAIN DOE METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING SITES: SHARPE, Saxon E., MCCURDY, Greg, CHAMBERS, Michelle, and KEMP, Heather, Desert Rsch Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095, ssharpe@dri.edu
11-1211:00 AM THE IMPORTANCE OF PORE FLUIDS IN THE RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROGRAMS OF CANADA AND THE USA: GASCOYNE, Mel, Gascoyne GeoProjects Inc, P.O. Box 141, Pinawa, MB R0E 1L0 Canada, gascoyne@granite.mb.ca.
11-1311:15 AM GEOCHEMISTRY OF DUST IN THE PROPOSED NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: PETERMAN, Zell E.1, NEYMARK, Leonid A.2, and PACES, James B.2, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, peterman@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
11-1411:30 AM IN-DRIFT CHEMICAL MODELING—FROM DATA TO ABSTRACTION: JAREK, Russell L.1, JOVE-COLON, Carlos F.2, and BRYAN, Charles R.1, (1) YMP Repository Test & Analysis, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS 0778, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0778, rljarek@sandia.gov, (2) Total System Performance Assessment, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS 0778, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0778
11-1511:45 AM MODELING A THERMAL SEEPAGE LABORATORY EXPERIMENT: ZHANG, Yingqi and BIRKHOLZER, Jens, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, One Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, yqzhang@lbl.gov

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