Open AccessSummary report on the geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and environs
Author(s) -
W.R. Daniels,
Κ. Wolfsberg,
R. S. Rundberg
Publication year - 1982
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/59148
Subject(s) - radioactive waste , yucca , groundwater , geology , geochemistry , waste disposal , sorption , mining engineering , geotechnical engineering , waste management , chemistry , engineering , botany , organic chemistry , adsorption , biology
This report gives a detailed description of work at Los Alamos that will help resolve geochemical issues pertinent to siting a high-level nuclear waste repository in tuff at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. It is necessary to understand the properties and setting of the host tuff because this rock provides the first natural barrier to migration of waste elements from a repository. The geochemistry of tuff is being investigated with particular emphasis on retardation processes. This report addresses the various aspects of sorption by tuff, physical and chemical makeup of tuff, diffusion processes, tuff/groundwater chemistry, waste element chemistry under expected repository conditions, transport processes involved in porous and fracture flow, and geochemical and transport modeling