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2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 49
Sunday, 27 October 2002: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM

T123. Tectonic Modeling Applied to the Characterization and Evaluation of Yucca Mountain as a National Nuclear Waste Repository Site: Concepts, Methods, and Hazard Analyses at Local and Regional Scales

 

Dennis O'Leary, Advocates
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1:00 PM
EVALUATING RADIOLOGICAL RISKS FROM SEISMOTECTONIC HAZARDS AT THE PROPOSED RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S RISK-INFORMED AND PERFORMANCE-BASED APPROACH
JUSTUS, Philip S.1, STAMATAKOS, John A.2, MCCARTIN, Timothy J.3 and FIRTH, James R.3, (1)Division Of Waste Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, M/S T-7F3, Washington, DC 20555-0001, (2)Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Rsch Institute®, 6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, (3)U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7J-8, Washington, DC 20555, psj@nrc.gov, psj@nrc.gov
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1:15 PM
TECTONIC SETTING OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, IN EVALUATIONS OF FAULT, EARTHQUAKE, AND VOLCANIC HAZARDS
STAMATAKOS, John A., Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Rsch Institute®, 6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, jstam@swri.edu, jstam@swri.edu
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1:35 PM
STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONIC IMPLICATION OF UPPER OLIGOCENE AND LOWER MIOCENE STRATA IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN AREA
MURRAY, Danielle A.1, RIDGWAY, Ken D.1, STAMATAKOS, John A.2 and GRAY, Mary Beth3, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 1397 Civil Engineering Building, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Rsch Institute®, 6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, (3)Geology, Bucknell Univ, Lewisburg, PA 17837, ridge@purdue.edu, ridge@purdue.edu
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1:50 PM
THE GEOLOGIC BASIS FOR VOLCANIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
PERRY, Frank V., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Lab, Environmental Geology and Risk Analysis, M.S. J521, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and YOUNGS, Robert, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc, 2101 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94612, fperry@lanl.gov, fperry@lanl.gov
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2:10 PM
DEEP MELTING OF HOT MANTLE: IMPLICATIONS FOR VOLCANIC HAZARD STUDIES AT THE PROPOSED NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
SMITH, Eugene I., Geoscience, Univ Nevada - Las Vegas, PO Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, KEENAN, Deborah L., Geoscience Consultants, Henderson, NV 89014, PLANK, Terry, Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 and HO, C.-H., Department of Mathematical Sciences, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, gsmith@ccmail.nevada.edu, gsmith@ccmail.nevada.edu
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2:25 PM
PALEOSEISMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF QUATERNARY FAULTS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
MENGES, Christopher M., U.S. Geological Survey, 520 N. Park Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 and WHITNEY, John W., U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, cmmenges@usgs.gov, cmmenges@usgs.gov
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2:45 PM
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
WONG, Ivan G., Seismic Hazards Group, URS Corporation, 500 12th St, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94607, STEPP, J.C., Blanco, TX, WHITNEY, J., USGS, Denver, CO, QUITTMEYER, R., ISSI, Las Vegas, NV, ABRAHAMSON, N., Piedmont, CA, COPPERSMITH, K., Walnut Creek, CA, YOUNGS, R., Geomatrix Consultants, Oakland, CA, TORO, G., Risk Engineering, Acton, MA, SULLIVAN, T., DOE, Las Vegas, NV and SAVY, J., LLNL, Livermore, CA, ivan_wong@urscorp.com, ivan_wong@urscorp.com
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3:00 PM
TECTONIC HISTORY OF MAJOR FAULTS IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN REGION: POTENTIAL PATHWAYS FOR FLUID MIGRATION
ANDERSON, Thomas H., DEEMER, Danielle L. and VANDER SCHRIER, Ann L., Geology and Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, dldst59@pitt.edu, dldst59@pitt.edu
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