2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 134
Tuesday, 4 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

U.S. Department of Energy

 

Ronald M. Linden, Robert A. Levich and Ardyth Simmons, Advocates
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8:00 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, 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, asimmons@lanl.gov, asimmons@lanl.gov
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8:15 AM
THE ROAD TO YUCCA MOUNTAIN: A BRIEF HISTORY
STUCKLESS, John S., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 421, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and ROSEBOOM Jr, Eugene H., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, stuckles@usgs.gov, stuckles@usgs.gov
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8:30 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, 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, cpotter@usgs.gov, cpotter@usgs.gov
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8:45 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, dwoleary@usgs.gov
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9:00 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, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, dsims@cnwra.swri.edu, dsims@cnwra.swri.edu
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9:15 AM
SEISMIC HAZARD STUDIES AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
QUITTMEYER, Richard, Integrated Sci Solutions Inc, 1180 Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89117, 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, Richard_Quittmeyer@notes.ymp.gov, Richard_Quittmeyer@notes.ymp.gov
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9:30 AM
SEISMIC MONITORING NEAR YUCCA MOUNTAIN
SMITH, Ken1, VON SEGGERN, David2, BIASI, Glenn P.1, BRUNE, James N.1 and ANDERSON, John G.1, (1)Nevada Seismological Laboratory, Univ Nevada - Reno, MS 174, Reno, NV 89557-0138, (2)Nevada Seismological Laboratory, Univ Nevada - Reno, MS 174, Reno, NV 89557, ken@seismo.unr.edu, ken@seismo.unr.edu
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9:45 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, fperry@lanl.gov
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
YUCCA MOUNTAIN CLIMATE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
SHARPE, Saxon E., Desert Rsch Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095, ssharpe@dri.edu, ssharpe@dri.edu
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10:30 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, NEYMARK, Leonid A., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and MOSCATI, Richard J., U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jfwhelan@usgs.gov, jfwhelan@usgs.gov
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10:45 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 and PACES, James B., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, peterman@usgs.gov, peterman@usgs.gov
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11:00 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, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, vaniman@lanl.gov, vaniman@lanl.gov
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11:15 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, gsbodvarsson@lbl.gov
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11:30 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 and OLIVER, Thomas A., S.M. Stoller Corp., c/o U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 421, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, kscofiel@usgs.gov, kscofiel@usgs.gov
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11:45 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, bdmarsha@usgs.gov
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