Press Release-00-173, NRC to Host Exhibit Booth, Present Papers on Yucca Mountain at Geological Society Meeting in Nevada
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NRCNEWSU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONOfficeofPublicAffairsTelephone:301/415-8200Washington,DC20555-001E-mail:opa@nrc.govWebSite:http://www.nrc.gov/OPANo.00-173November7,2000NRCTOHOSTEXHIBITBOOTH,PRESENTPAPERSONYUCCAMOUNTAINATGEOLOGICALSOCIETYMEETINGINNEVADATheNuclearRegulatoryCommissionstaffwillhostanexhibitboothattheGeologicalSocietyofAmerica'sannualmeetingNovember12to16inReno,Nevada,toexplaintheagency'sindependent roleinevaluatingthesafetyofapossiblehigh-levelradioactivewasterepositoryinYuccaMountain, Nevada.ThepresentationwillbemadeattheReno/SparksConventionCenter,4590SouthVirginia Street.Atthemeeting,theagencyanditscontractorsattheCenterforNuclearWasteRegulatoryAnalysesinSanAntonio,Texas,willpresent13technicalpapersonsubjectsrelatedtoearthquakes, volcanosandothergeologicissuesinvolvingYuccaMountain.ThetoolsthattheNRCwoulduseto evaluatethelong-termsafetyofaproposedrepository,suchasperformanceassessment,willalsobe presented.InformationontheNRC,itsindependentroleatYuccaMountain,andtheuseofperformanceassessmentwillbeavailableattheNRCexhibit(Booth333).Copiesofthetechnicalpaperabstracts presentedatthismeetingandmaterialsavailableattheboothwillalsobelocatedontheNRCwebsite
athttp://www.nrc.gov/NMSS/DWM/gsa.htm
.Titlesandpresentersofthetechnicalpapersare:
--"IntegrationofFractureDataintoShallowInfiltrationModels"(RandallW.Fedors)
--"Calibratinga2-DReactiveTransportModelofYuccaMountain,NV,toAmbientConditions:ImplicationsforUncertaintyinThermallyPerturbedModelSimulations"(Lauren Browning)--"PolygeneticSecondaryCalciteMineralizationinYuccaMountain,NV"(MaryBethGray)
--"IrreversibleCoprecipitationinSourceTermAnalysisforGeologicDisposalofNuclearWaste"(WilliamMurphy)--"FingeringFlowThroughaSuperheatedFracture:Hele-ShawCellExperimentandModelComparisons"(D.L.Hughson)
--"Risk-InformedandPerformance-BasedEvaluationofSeismotectonicProcessesattheCandidateHigh-LevelNuclearWasteRepository,YuccaMountain,Nevada"(PhilipS.Justus)--"TheCarraraFault:TheNortheasternEdgeoftheWalkerLaneinSouthCentralNevada"(PeterC.LaFemina)--"EvaluationofSecondaryMineralizationintheUnsaturatedZoneatYuccaMountainWithinaRisk-Informed,Performance-BasedFramework"(BretW.Leslie)--CalculatingRiskfromFutureBasalticVolcanicEruptionsattheProposedYuccaMountainRepositorySite,Nevada"(B.E.Hill)--"ModelingofZeoliteIon-ExchangeEquilibriaUsingtheWilsonEquation"(RobertoT.
Pabalan)--"'HydrostratigraphicCharacterizationofaSemi-AridClimateAlluvialFan:FortymileWash,Nevada"(T.R.Ressler)--"TectonicEvolutionoftheCraterFlatBasin,Nevada"(JohnA.Stamatakos)
--"AModelingStudytoAssesstheValidityofaSteady-StateInfiltrationBoundaryfortheSite-ScaleUnsaturatedZoneFlowModelofYuccaMountain,Nevada"(JamesR.Winterle)