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2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 11
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

GSA Hydrogeology Division; U.S. Department of Energy; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee

 

Robert A. Levich, Russell L. Patterson and Ronald M. Linden, Advocates
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8:00 AM
THE NECESSITY OF GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL
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, ronald_linden@ymp.gov, ronald_linden@ymp.gov
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8:15 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, russ.patterson@wipp.ws
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8:30 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, stuckles@usgs.gov
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8:45 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, steve.casey@wipp.ws
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9:00 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, (2)Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St, Mail Stop 42, Cambridge, MA 02138, brian@gps.caltech.edu, brian@gps.caltech.edu
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9:15 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 and DAMJANAC, Branko, ITASCA Consulting Group, 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 450, Minneapolis, MN 55401, dbuesch@usgs.gov, dbuesch@usgs.gov
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9:30 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, 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, Jerry_King@ymp.gov, Jerry_King@ymp.gov
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9:45 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, jfwhelan@usgs.gov
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 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, fperry@lanl.gov
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10:30 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 and CHIPERA, Steve J., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, EES-6, Los Alamos National Lab, Mail Stop D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545, sslevy@lanl.gov, sslevy@lanl.gov
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10:45 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, ssharpe@dri.edu
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11:00 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, gascoyne@granite.mb.ca
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11:15 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, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, peterman@usgs.gov, peterman@usgs.gov
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11:30 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, (2)Total System Performance Assessment, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS 0778, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0778, rljarek@sandia.gov, rljarek@sandia.gov
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11:45 AM
MODELING A THERMAL SEEPAGE LABORATORY EXPERIMENT
ZHANG, Yingqi, Earth Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 and BIRKHOLZER, Jens, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, One Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, yqzhang@lbl.gov, yqzhang@lbl.gov
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