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RECON: a computer program for analyzing repository economics. Documentation and user's manual. Revision 1

Description: From 1981 through 1984 the Pacific Northwest Laboratory has been developing a computer model named RECON to calculate repository costs from parametric data input. The objective of the program has been to develop the capability to evaluate the effect on costs of changes in repository design parameters and operating scenario assumptions. This report documents the development of the model through September of 1984. Included in the report are: (1) descriptions of model development and the underlyin… more
Date: July 1, 1985
Creator: Clark, L. L.; Schutz, M. E. & Luksic, A. T.
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Preliminary report on fluid inclusions from halites in the Castile and lower Salado formations of the Delaware Basin, southeastern New Mexico. [Freezing-point depression]

Description: A suite of samples composed primarily of halite from the upper Castile and lower Salado Formations of the Permian Basin was selected from Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) core for a reconnaissance study of fluid inclusions. Volume percent of these trapped fluids averaged 0.7% to 1%. Freezing-point depressions varied widely and appeared to be unrelated to fluid-inclusion type, to sedimentary facies, or to stratigraphic depth. However, because very low freezing points were usually associated wi… more
Date: September 1, 1985
Creator: Stein, C. L.
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Mass transfer and transport in a geologic environment

Description: This report is in a continuing series of reports that present analytic solutions for the dissolution and hydrogeologic transport of radionuclides from geologic repositories of nuclear waste. Previous reports have dealt mainly with radionuclide transport in the far-field, away from the effects of the repository. In the present report, the emphasis is on near-field processes, the transfer and transport of radionuclides in the vicinity of the waste packages. The primary tool used in these analyses… more
Date: April 1, 1985
Creator: Chambre, P. L.; Pigford, T. H.; Lee, W. W. L.; Ahn, J.; Kajiwara, S.; Kim, C. L. et al.
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Emergence of collective action and environmental networking in relation to radioactive waste management

Description: This paper explores the relationship between the national environmental movement and nuclear technology in relation to a local emergent group. The historical development of nuclear technology in this conutry has followed a path leading to continued fear and mistrust of waste management by a portion of the population. At the forefront of opposition to nuclear technology are people and groups endorsing environmental values. Because of the antinuclear attitudes of environmentalists and the value o… more
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Williams, R.G. & Payne, B.A.
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Assessment of near-surface dissolution at and near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), southeastern New Mexico

Description: The area at and near the WIPP site was examined for evidence of karst development on the geomorphic surface encompassing the site. Certain surficial depressions of initial concern were identified as blowouts in sand dune fields (shallow features unrelated to karstification). An ancient stream system active more than 500,000 yr ago contained more water than any system since. During that time (Gatuna, Middle Pleistocene), many karst features such as Clayton Basin and Nash Draw began to form in th… more
Date: July 1, 1985
Creator: Bachman, G.O.
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Reactor-specific spent fuel discharge projections, 1984 to 2020

Description: The original spent fuel utility data base (SFDB) has been adjusted to produce agreement with the EIA nuclear energy generation forecast. The procedure developed allows the detail of the utility data base to remain intact, while the overall nuclear generation is changed to match any uniform nuclear generation forecast. This procedure adjusts the weight of the reactor discharges as reported on the SFDB and makes a minimal (less than 10%) change in the original discharge exposures in order to pres… more
Date: April 1, 1985
Creator: Heeb, C. M.; Libby, R. A. & Holter, G. M.
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Mechanical transport and porous media equivalence in anisotropic fracture networks

Description: The objective of this work is to investigate the directional characteristics of hydraulic effective porosity in an effort to understand porous medium equivalence for continuous and discontinuous fracture systems. Continuous systems contain infinitely long fractures. Discontinuous systems consist of fractures with finite lengths. The distribution of apertures (heterogeneity) has a major influence on the degree of porous medium equivalence for distributed continuous and discontinuous systems. Whe… more
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Endo, H.K. & Witherspoon, P.A.
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Effects on residential property values of proximity to a site contaminated with radioactive waste

Description: An issue often raised by the public regarding projects that involve hazardous chemical or radioactive waste sites is whether distance from these sites affects residential property values. Previous research has studied changes in the housing market in communities near Three Mile Island after the 1979 accident and legal precedents of compensation for loss of property value because of proximity to hazardous areas. However, this research has not addressed effects on residential property values of p… more
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Payne, B.A.; Olshansky, S.J. & Segel, T.E.
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Role of the Materials Review Board and the nuclear waste materials handbook

Description: The US Department of Energy has established an organizational structure that assures the quality of key data identified as being important to the licensing of a nuclear waste repository by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Materials Characterization Center collects and/or develops the test methods needed to obtain the data, and acts as a clearinghouse for all data obtained by the methods, regardless of source. The Materials Review Board reviews both test methods and test data submitted … more
Date: March 24, 1985
Creator: Steindler, M.J. & Seefeldt, W.B.
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Region-to-area screening methodology for the Crystalline Repository Project

Description: The purpose of this document is to describe the Crystalline Repository Project's (CRP) process for region-to-area screening of exposed and near-surface crystalline rock bodies in the three regions of the conterminous United States where crystalline rock is being evaluated as a potential host for the second nuclear waste repository (i.e., in the North Central, Northeastern, and Southeastern Regions). This document indicates how the US Department of Energy's (DOE) General Guidelines for the Recom… more
Date: April 1, 1985
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Model assessment of protective barrier designs

Description: A protective barrier is being considered for use at the Hanford site to enhance the isolation of previously disposed radioactive wastes from infiltrating water, and plant and animal intrusion. This study is part of a research and development effort to design barriers and evaluate their performance in preventing drainage. A fine-textured soil (the Composite) was located on the Hanford site in sufficient quantity for use as the top layer of the protective barrier. A number of simulations were per… more
Date: November 1, 1985
Creator: Fayer, M.J.; Conbere, W.; Heller, P.R. & Gee, G.W.
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Regional well-log correlation in the New Mexico portion of the Delaware Basin

Description: Although well logs provide the most complete record of stratigraphy and structure in the northern Delaware Basin, regional interpretations of these logs generate problems of ambiguous lithologic signatures and on-hole anomalies. Interpretation must therefore be based on log-to-log correlation rather than on inferences from single logs. In this report, logs from 276 wells were used to make stratigraphic picks of Ochoan horizons (the Rustler, Salado, and Castile Formations) in the New Mexico port… more
Date: September 1, 1985
Creator: Borns, D. J. & Shaffer, S. E.
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