Session No. 321
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)

T174. Societal Demand as a Driver for Geoscientific Research—What Happens after the Driver Walks Away? Yucca Mountain Geoscientists Report

 

Claudia M. Newbury and John Stuckless, Advocates
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YUCCA MOUNTAIN: THE CURRENT SITUATION
VOEGELE, Michael, Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Project Office, 2101 East Calvada Boulevard, Pahrump, NV 89048, voegelem@gmail.com
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8:15 AM
RECENT TECHNICAL ISSUES RAISED BY THE STATE OF NEVADA TO BE ADDRESSED SHOULD THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSE APPLICATION PROCESS BE RESTARTED
LACY, Darrell and VOEGELE, Michael, Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Project Office, 2101 East Calvada Boulevard, Pahrump, NV 89048, llacy@co.nye.nv.us
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THE GRADUAL BURIAL OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN
WHITNEY, John W., United States Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS-980, Denver, CO 80225, PERRY, Frank, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-16, MS D452, Los Alamos, NM 87545, ROOD, Dylan H., AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom, SPENGLER, Richard, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, PACES, James B., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, FINKEL, Robert C., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 371 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, HARRINGTON, Charles D., P.O. Box 32586, Sana Fe, NM 87594, BUCKINGHAM, Susan E., 2749 South Kearney St, Denver, CO 80222 and HANKS, Thomas C., United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jwhitney@usgs.gov
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COMBINED RESULTS FROM GEOPHYSICAL LOGS AND CORE DATA OBTAINED FROM DEEP BOREHOLES AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
NELSON, Philip H., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, pnelson@usgs.gov
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WATER-TABLE FLUCTUATIONS BENEATH YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, USA — HOW HIGH HAS IT RISEN?
PACES, James B.1, WHELAN, Joseph F.2 and NEYMARK, Leonid A.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jbpaces@usgs.gov
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CONDITIONS AND PROCESSES AFFECTING RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
SIMMONS, Ardyth M., EP, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Emeritus, P.O. Box 1663, MS-M992, Los Alamos, NM 87501 and NEYMARK, Leonid A., US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Mailbox 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, asimmons@lanl.gov
 
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9:45 AM
A RECORD OF URANIUM-SERIES TRANSPORT IN FRACTURED, UNSATURATED TUFF AT NOPAL I, SIERRA PEñA BLANCA, MEXICO
DENTON, Joanna S., GOLDSTEIN, Steven J., MURRELL, Michael T., NUNN, Andrew J., HINRICHS, Kimberly A. and AMATO, Ronald S., Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Group C-NR, Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, MS J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545, sgoldstein@lanl.gov
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GEOCHEMICAL ANALOGUES TO TRANSPORT FEATURES AND PROCESSES OF A MINED GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY
SIMMONS, Ardyth M., EP, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Emeritus, P.O. Box 1663, MS-M992, Los Alamos, NM 87501 and STUCKLESS, John, U.S. Geological Survey, Emeritus, MS 980, Box 25046, Den. Fed. Ctn, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, asimmons@lanl.gov
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HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF THE SOUTHERN DEATH VALLEY FLOW SYSTEM, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
FRIDRICH, Christopher J. and WORKMAN, Jeremiah B., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, fridrich@usgs.gov
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ADVANCED SIMULATION CAPABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT USER RELEASE AND CURRENT PLANS
DIXON, Paul1, FRESHLEY, Mark2, SCHEIBE, Timothy D.3, MOULTON, J. David4, HUBBARD, Susan S.5, FINSTERLE, Stefan6, STEEFEL, Carl I.5, SEITZ, Roger7 and MARBLE, Justin8, (1)Civilian Nuclear Programs Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop H816, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Fundamental Sciences Directorate, Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999; MS K8-96, Richland, WA 99354, (3)Pacific Northwest National Lab, PO Box 999, MS K9-36, Richland, WA 99352, (4)T-5: Applied Mathematics and Plasma Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop B284 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (5)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, (6)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, One Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, (7)Savannah River National Laboratory, Savannah River Site, Bldg 773-43A, Aiken, SC 29808, (8)Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290, p_dixon@lanl.gov
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STABILITY OF A MINED GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY IF SUBJECTED TO SEISMIC EVENTS
STUCKLESS, John ., U.S. Geological Survey, Emeritus, MS 980, Box 25046, Den. Fed. Ctn, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and SIMMONS, Ardyth M., EP, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Emeritus, P.O. Box 1663, MS-M992, Los Alamos, NM 87501, jstuckless@usgs.gov
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