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GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 131
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)

T68. Geoscience and Engineering Research Applied to Mined Geologic Repositories and Deep Borehole Concepts for Disposal of Radioactive Waste

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Frank Perry, Kristopher Kuhlman, David C. Sassani and Florie A. Caporuscio, Advocates
131-1
1:30 PM
DEEP GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE:  MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR LONG-TERM ISOLATION (Invited Presentation)
SWIFT, Peter N., Advamced Nuclear Energy Programs Dept. 6220, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Mail Stop 0736, Albuquerque, NM 87185 and SASSANI, David C., Nuclear Waste Disposal Research & Analysis Dept. 6222, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Mail Stop 0747, Albuquerque, NM 87185, pnswift@sandia.gov
131-2
1:50 PM
239PU-238U DISEQUILIBRIUM STUDIES AT THE NOPAL I URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT, PEñA BLANCA, MEXICO
DENTON, Joanna S., GOLDSTEIN, Steven J., 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, jdenton@lanl.gov
131-3
2:05 PM
AN OVERVIEW OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES (Invited Presentation)
BIRKHOLZER, Jens T., Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 74R316C, Berkeley, CA 94720, jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov
Handouts
  • GSA_Birkholzer International.pdf (22.2 MB)
    • 131-4
    2:25 PM
    DISPOSAL OF HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE IN RUSSIA: STUDY OF DURABILITY OF NA-AL-P GLASS AND PRODUCT OF ITS CRYSTALLIZATION IN A HOT WATER
    YUDINTSEV, S.V., Laboratory of radiogeology and radiogeoecology, Institute of geology of ore deposits, petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry RAS, Staromonetny lane, 35, Moscow, 119017, Russia, syud@igem.ru
    131-5
    2:40 PM
    AUTHIGENIC MINERAL GROWTH AND COPPER CORROSION IN HYDROTHERMAL BENTONITE EXPERIMENTS
    CAPORUSCIO, Florie A., EES-14, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS-J966, Los Alamos, NM 87545, PALAICH, Sarah, Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, UCLA, MS-J966, Los Angeles, CA 90095, CHESHIRE, Michael C., Earth Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 and JOVE-COLON, Carlos, P. O. Box, MS 0779, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0779, floriec@lanl.gov
    Handouts
  • GSA 2016 ABSTRACT Cu corrosion FC.pdf (48.2 kB)
    • 131-6
    2:55 PM
    UNDERSTANDING THE THMC EVOLUTION OF BENTONITE BARRIER — MODELING AN IN SITU TEST FOR BENTONITE BACKFILLED ENGINEERED BARRIER SYSTEM
    ZHENG, Liange, XU, Hao, RUTQVIST, Jonny and BIRKHOLZER, Jens T., Hydrogeology Department, Energy Geoscience Devision, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, lzheng@lbl.gov
    131-7
    3:10 PM
    UPDATES ON SALT REPOSITORY EXPERIMENTS AND SIMULATIONS
    STAUFFER, Philip H.1, WEAVER, Douglas2, BOUKALFA, Hakim3, OTTO, Shawn2, CAPORUSCIO, Florie A.4, ZYVOLOSKI, George5, CHU, Shaoping1, BOURRET, Michelle1 and JOHNSON, Peter1, (1)EES-16, Earth & Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)REPOSITORY SCIENCE & OPERATIONS PROGRAM, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Carlsbad, NM 88220, (3)EES-14: EARTH SYSTEM OBSERVATIONS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)EES-14, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS-J966, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (5)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, stauffer@lanl.gov
    131-8
    3:25 PM
    ACTINIDE SORPTION IN A DOLOMITE ROCK SYSTEM: EVALUATING THE DEGREE OF CONSERVATISM IN KD RANGES USED IN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT MODELS
    DITTRICH, Timothy M., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1400 University Dr., Carlsbad, NM 88220, DUGAS, Michael P., Actinide Chemistry and Repository Science Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1400 University Dr., Carlsbad, NM 88220 and REED, Donald T., Earth and Environmenal Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1400 University Drive, Carlsbad, NM 88220, timothy.dittrich@colorado.edu
     
    3:40 PM
    Break
    131-9
    3:55 PM
    TECHNICAL CHALLENGES FOR DEEP BOREHOLE DISPOSAL (Invited Presentation)
    ZOBACK, Mary Lou, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, 397 Panama Mall, 360 Mitchell Building, Stanford, CA 94305; US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22201, marylouz@stanford.edu
    131-10
    4:15 PM
    HORIZONTAL BOREHOLES IN SHALE FOR DEEP ISOLATION OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
    MULLER, Richard A., Deep Isolation Inc., 2831 Garber St., Berkeley, CA 94705; Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 and MULLER, Elizabeth A., Deep Isolation Inc., 2831 Garber St., Berkeley, CA 94705; Berkeley Earth, 2831 Garber St., Berkeley, CA, rich@deepisolation.com
    131-11
    4:30 PM
    EVALUATING GEOLOGIC SITE GUIDELINES FOR A DEEP BOREHOLE FIELD TEST
    SASSANI, David C.1, KUHLMAN, Kristopher L.2, FREEZE, Geoff A.2, MACKINNON, Robert2, HARDIN, Ernest2, BRADY, Patrick V.3 and PERRY, Frank4, (1)Nuclear Waste Disposal Research & Analysis Dept. 6222, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Mail Stop 0747, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (2)Applied Systems Analysis & Research Dept. 6224, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Mail Stop 0747, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (3)Geoscience Research & Applications, Dept. 6910, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (4)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-14, MS D452, Los Alamos, NM 87545, dsassan@sandia.gov
    131-12
    4:45 PM
    USE OF GIS AND GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK MODELS TO SUPPORT SITE EVALUATION AND SITE CHARACTERIZATION FOR A DEEP BOREHOLE FIELD TEST IN CRYSTALLINE ROCK
    PERRY, Frank, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-14, MS D452, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and KELLEY, Richard E., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D452, Los Alamos, NM 87545, fperry@lanl.gov
    131-13
    5:00 PM
    SITE CHARACTERIZATION FOR THE DEEP BOREHOLE FIELD TEST
    KUHLMAN, Kristopher L.1, SASSANI, David C.2, FREEZE, Geoff A.1, HARDIN, Ernest1 and BRADY, Patrick V.3, (1)Applied Systems Analysis & Research Dept. 6224, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Mail Stop 0747, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (2)Nuclear Waste Disposal Research & Analysis Dept. 6222, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Mail Stop 0747, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (3)Geoscience Research & Applications, Dept. 6910, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, klkuhlm@sandia.gov
    Handouts
  • SAND2016-9387C_Kuhlman_DBFT_GSA_2016.pdf (2.4 MB)
    • 131-14
    5:15 PM
    OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF THE DEEP BOREHOLE FIELD TEST
    KELLEY, Mark, Battelle, 505 King Ave, Columbus, OH 43201, kelleym@battelle.org
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