Ground Water at Yucca Mountain: How High Can It Rise?

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/2013

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Ground Water at Yucca Mountain

How High Can It Rise?

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The site of a proposed repository for high-level radioactive waste from the nation's nuclear power plants is not at risk of ground water infiltration, concludes this important book. Yucca Mountain, located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, has been proposed as the site for permanent underground disposal of high-level radioactive waste from the nation's civilian nuclear power plants.

To resolve concerns raised by a Department of Energy (DOE) staff scientist concerning the potential for ground water to rise 1,000 feet to the level proposed for the repository, DOE requested this study to evaluate independently the past history and future potential of large upward excursions of the ground water beneath Yucca Mountain.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Radioactive Waste Management; Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources; Panel on Coupled Hydrologic/Tectonic/Hydrothermal Systems at Yucca Mountain

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Environment and Environmental Studies — Water Quality

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National Research Council. 1992. Ground Water at Yucca Mountain: How High Can It Rise?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/2013.

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242 pages | 6 x 9 | Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-04748-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/2013

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-ix
Executive Summary	1-9
Introduction	10-14
Water Levels in the Vicinity of the Proposed Repository in the ast 100,000 Years	15-61
Might Increased Rainfall Cause Flooding of the Proposed Repository?	62-92
Can an Igneous Intrusion Raise the Water Table to the Proposed Repository Level?	93-103
Could a Nearby Earthquake Cause Flooding of the Proposed Repository?	104-127
Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations	128-144
Appendix A: A Review of the Isotopic Geochemistry of the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Proposed Nuclear Waste Repository Site	145-171
Appendix B: Yucca Mountain: Ground-Water Flow	172-189
Appendix C: The Effects of Pluvial Climates in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain: A Summary	190-211
Appendix D: Response of the Ground-Water System at Yucca Mountain to an Earthquake	212-222
Appendix E: Probabilities of Earthquakes Near Yucca Mountain, Nevada	223-231

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