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Role of underground testing to determine suitability of Yucca Mountain as a potential repository site

Description: A brief description of the Exploratory Shaft based site characterization testing program for the Yucca Mountain Project of the permanent disposal of high level radioactive waste is briefly described in this paper. Details of the testing program are presented in the DOE-issued Site Characterization Plan. Overview of the current planning process and status of various activities is briefly described. This study will reevaluate the mining method, ESF location and any changes in the ESF testing prog… more
Date: February 1, 1990
Creator: Kalia, H.N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Exploratory shaft facility: It`s role in the characterization of the Yucca Mountain site for a potential nuclear repository

Description: The US Department of Energy is characterizing Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to assess its suitability as a potential site for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and defense related activities. The assessment activities include surface investigations, drill holes from the surface, and an underground facility for in situ characterization tests. This underground exploratory shaft facility is being designed to meet the criteria for characterizing the mountain… more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Kalia, H.N. & Merson, T.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Simulated waste package test in salt

Description: The Salt Repository Site Characterization Project Office (SRPO), of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), in cooperation with Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), simulated a waste package test at Asse Salt Mine (Asse). The purpose of this test was to determine the effect of heat produced by the decay of High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) on: Migration of brine moisture; Thermomechanical response of the salt; Geomechanical response of the r… more
Date: March 1, 1994
Creator: Kalia, H. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prototype testing for the Yucca Mountain Project

Description: The US Department of Energy, through its Yucca Mountain Project Office, has been conducting prototype activities in welded and non-welded tuff. These activities are in preparation for characterization of the Yucca Mountain area, which is under consideration as a site for a geologic repository in which high-level nuclear waste could be safely stored. Investigators from organizations that will conduct the site investigation have been afforded opportunity, through the prototype program, to test, e… more
Date: February 1990
Creator: Kalia, H. N.; Oliver, R. D. & Girdley, W. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Constructing the Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain

Description: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office of the US Department of Energy (DOE) is constructing an underground Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF), approximately 160 km (100 miles) northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. This facility is being used to obtain geological, hydrological, geomechanical, thermomechanical and geochemical information to characterize, Yucca Mountain as a potential site to isolate High-Level Radioactive Waste from the accessible environment. The ESF, when completed, will consist… more
Date: May 1, 1996
Creator: Kalia, H.N. & Replogle, J.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Status report on ESF-related prototype testing

Description: This report provides information on the Prototype Testing performed in the G-Tunnel on the Nevada Test Site by the Yucca Mountain Project form April 1988 to November 1989. The Testing Program was implemented to ensure that the Exploratory Shaft Facility (ESF) tests can be completed in the time available and to develop instruments, equipment, and procedures so the ESF tests can collect reliable and representative site characterization data. This report summarizes the ESF prototype tests and pres… more
Date: December 1, 1992
Creator: Oliver, R.D. & Kalia, H.N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pretest Predictions for Ventilation Tests

Description: The objective of this calculation is to predict the temperatures of the ventilating air, waste package surface, concrete pipe walls, and insulation that will be developed during the ventilation tests involving various test conditions. The results will be used as input to the following three areas: (1) Decisions regarding testing set-up and performance. (2) Assessing how best to scale the test phenomena measured. (3) Validating numerical approach for modeling continuous ventilation. The scope of… more
Date: January 17, 2007
Creator: Sun, Y.; Yang, H. & Kalia, H.N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Construction of the exploratory studies facility at Yucca Mountain - North Ramp

Description: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office of the US Department of Energy is constructing an Exploratory Studies Facility, approximately 160 km (100 miles) northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. This facility will be used to gather geological, hydrological, geomechanical, thermomechanical, and geochemical information to characterize Yucca Mountain as a potential site to isolate High-Level Radioactive Waste from the accessible environment. The Exploratory Studies Facility, when completed shall consist… more
Date: May 1, 1995
Creator: Kalia, H. N.; Repogle, J. M. & McNeely, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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