Open AccessPost emplacement environment of waste packages
Author(s) -
K G Knauss,
V M Oversby,
T J Wolery
Publication year - 1983
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/59270
Subject(s) - groundwater , spring (device) , radioactive waste , table (database) , water table , hot spring , geology , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , mineralogy , geochemistry , waste management , engineering , geotechnical engineering , database , mechanical engineering , computer science , paleontology
Experiments have been conducted as part of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project to determine the changes in water chemistry due to reaction of the Topopah Spring tuff with natural groundwater at temperatures up to 150{sup 0}C. The reaction extent has been investigated as a function of rock-to-water ratio, temperature, reaction time, physical state of the samples, and geographic location of the samples within the tuff unit. Results of these experiments will be used to provide information on the water chemistry to be expected if a high-level waste repository were to be constructed in the Topopah Spring tuff. 6 references, 5 figures, 1 table