| Bibliographic Citation | |
| Full Text |  785 K |
|---|---|
| Title | The effect of rock-water interaction on permeability |
| Creator/Author | Lin, Wunan ; Roberts, J.J. ; Glassley, W. ; Ruddle, D. |
| Publication Date | 1995 Jun 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 104447; Legacy ID: DE95016178 |
| Report Number(s) | UCRL-JC--119574; CONF-9509200--1 |
| DOE Contract Number | W-7405-ENG-48 |
| Other Number(s) | Other: ON: DE95016178 |
| Resource Type | Conference |
| Resource Relation | Conference: International congress on rock mechanics, Tokyo (Japan), 25-30 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1995 |
| Research Org | Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States) |
| Sponsoring Org | USDOE, Washington, DC (United States) |
| Subject | 05 NUCLEAR FUELS ;54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ;58 GEOSCIENCES; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; TUFF; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; PERMEABILITY; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; NUCLEAR DECAY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ROCK-FLUID INTERACTIONS; HYDROLOGY; Yucca Mountain Project |
| Description/Abstract | Current investigations for managing high-level nuclear wastes focus on studying deep geologic repositories. The Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project of the US Department of Energy conducts studies on Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to determine its suitability as a potential high-level nuclear waste repository. The potential host rock in Yucca Mountain is a layer of devitrified Topopah Spring tuff that is densely welded, fractured, and lithophysae-poor. The suitability of a potential nuclear waste repository site depends on, among other factors, how the near-field environment affects the integrity of waste package materials and the transport of radioactive nuclides away from waste packages. Model calculations are needed to predict the near-field environment for the entire life-span of a repository. Radioactive decay heat from nuclear waste packages is likely to create coupled thermal-mechanical-hydrological-chemical (TMHC) processes in the near field of a repository. The coupled TMHC processes must be understood so they can be incorporated in the model calculations. One of the coupled TMHC processes is the effect of the rock-water interaction (a chemical-mineralogical process) on the fluid flow in the rock mass (a hydrological process). |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: P; Size: 14 p. |
| Availability | INIS; OSTI as DE95016178 To purchase this media from NTIS, click here |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Feb 04 |
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