2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 38 Sunday, November 7, 2004
1:30 PM-5:30 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 II

Robert A. Levich, Russell L. Patterson and Ronald M. Linden, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
38-11:30 PM CHEMICAL AND U-SERIES ISOTOPE VARIATIONS IN FELSIC TUFFS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, AS INDICATORS OF PAST WATER FLOW THROUGH THE UNSATURATED ZONE: NEYMARK, Leonid A., US Geological Survey, Denfer Federal Center, Mailbox 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, lneymark@usgs.gov and PACES, James B., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
38-21:45 PM VARIATIONS IN PLEISTOCENE FRACTURE FLOW AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, INVESTIGATED BY ION MICROPROBE U-SERIES DATING AND CATHODOLUMINESCENCE OF UNSATURATED-ZONE OPAL: PACES, James B.1, NEYMARK, Leonid A.1, and WOODEN, Joseph L.2, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jbpaces@usgs.gov, (2) USGS-SUMAC, Rm. 89, Ion Probe Lab, Green Building, 367 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305
38-32:00 PM SECONDARY MINERALS AS INDICATORS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER FLOW IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: MARSHALL, B.D.1, PACES, J.B.1, NEYMARK, L.A.2, and WHELAN, J.F.1, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225-0046, bdmarsha@usgs.gov, (2) S.M. Stoller Corp., c/o U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225-0046
38-42:15 PM OVERVIEW OF NEAR-FIELD GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AND CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE WIPP: BRUSH, Laurence H.1, GAO, Huizhen1, SNIDER, Anna C.2, WALL, Donald E.1, WALL, Nathalie A.1, and XIONG, Yongliang1, (1) Repository Performance Dept. 6822, Sandia National Laboratories, Carlsbad Programs Group, 4100 National Parks Hwy, Carlsbad, NM 88220, lhbrush@sandia.gov, (2) Geotechnology and Engineering Dept. 6113, Sandia National Laboratories, MS 0706, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0706
38-52:30 PM REDUCTION OF HIGHER-VALENT ACTINIDES IN THE WIPP: REED, Donald T. and LUCCHINI, Jean Francois, EES-12, Los Alamos National Lab, 1400 University Drive, Carlsbad, NM 88220, dreed@lanl.gov
38-62:45 PM PREDICTIONS OF ACTINIDE SOLUBILITIES UNDER NEAR-FIELD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE WIPP: XIONG, Yongliang, BRUSH, Laurence H., WALL, Donald E., and WALL, Nathalie A., Repository Performance Dept. 6822, Sandia National Laboratories, Carlsbad Programs Group, 4100 National Parks Hwy, Carlsbad, NM 88220, yxiong@sandia.gov
38-73:00 PM HYDROGEOLOGIC STUDIES TO ADDRESS CHANGING WATER LEVELS AT THE WIPP SITE: BEAUHEIM, Richard L., Repository Performance Department, Sandia National Laboratories, 4100 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220, rlbeauh@sandia.gov, LOWRY, Thomas S., Geohydrology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS0735, Albuquerque, NM 87185, and POWERS, Dennis W., Consulting Geologist, 140 Hemley Road, Anthony, TX 79821
38-83:15 PM THE SATURATED ZONE A PART OF THE NATURAL BARRIER BELOW THE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: EDDEBBARH, Al Aziz1, ZYVOLOSKI, George A.2, GABLE, Carl W.3, MILLER, Terry A.3, ARNOLD, Bill W.4, JAMES, Scott C.5, and REHFELDT, Ken R.2, (1) Los Alamos National Lab, 9500 Balatta Canyon Court, Las Vegas, 89144, Al_eddebbarh@ymp.gov, (2) Los Alamos National Lab, MS T003, Los Alamos, 87545, (3) Earth and Environmental Sciences, MS T003, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4) Total Systems Performance Assesesment, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0778, (5) Geohydrology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0735
 3:30 PM Break
38-93:45 PM YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE-SCALE FLOW MODEL: SENSITIVITY TO HYDROSTRATIGRAPHY MODEL, BOUNDARY FLUX AND HEAD MEASUREMENTS: GABLE, Carl W., ZYVOLOSKI, George A., EDDEBBARH, A.A., CHEN, Mingjie, and MILLER, Terry A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, MS T003, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, gable@lanl.gov
38-104:00 PM SITE-SCALE SATURATED ZONE TRANSPORT MODEL PREDICTIONS USING ALTERNATE FLOW MODELS AT THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE: KELKAR, Sharad, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hydrology, Geochemistry & Geology, Los Alamos National Lab, EES-6, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, kelkar@lanl.gov, DASH, Zora V., Earth and Environment Sciences, Hydrology, Geochemistry & Geology, Los Alamos National Lab, EES-6, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, and ARNOLD, Bill W., Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
38-114:15 PM SORPTION/DESORPTION BEHAVIOR OF URANIUM IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN ALLUVIUM: SCISM, C.D., REIMUS, Paul W., DING, Mei, and KINKEAD, Heather L., C-INC, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, scism@lanl.gov
38-124:30 PM MODELING OF EARLY BREAKTHROUGH BEHAVIOR OF NEPTUNIUM AND URANIUM IN COLUMN TRANSPORT EXPERIMENTS IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN ALLUVIUM: REIMUS, Paul W., DING, Mei, and SCISM, C.D., C-INC, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, preimus@lanl.gov
38-134:45 PM OVERVIEW OF US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TOTAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR A YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY: VAN LUIK, Abraham E. and LEVICH, Robert A., US Department of Energy, 1551 Hillshire Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134, abe_vanluik@ymp.gov
38-145:00 PM DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTIES IN GELOGICAL PREDICTION FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF WIPP: CHATURVEDI, Lokesh, Portage Environmental, Inc, CTAC, 5401 Vista Lejana N.E, Albuquerque, NM 87111, lchaturvedi1@comcast.net and PATTERSON, Russell, Carlsbad Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 3090, 4021 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88221-3090
38-155:15 PM OVERVIEW OF THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR THE RECERTIFICATION OF THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT: KESSEL, David S., Performance Assessment, Sandia National Laboratories, 4100 National Parks Hwy, Carlsbad, NM 88220, dskesse@sandia.gov and STEIN, Joshua S., Performance Assessment, 4100 National Parks Hwy, Carlsbad, NM 88220, jsstein@sandia.gov

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