Published January 1991 | Version v1
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Laboratory determined suction potential of Topopah Spring tuff at high temperatures

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Description

The purpose of this work is to experimentally determine the capillary suction potential of Topopah Spring tuff from Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. This data can be used to help characterize the unsaturated hydraulic properties of the densely welded tuff at this site. 7 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; OSTI as DE91007135;NTIS;INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Yucca Mountain Project

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
8 p.
Report number
UCRL--102127

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society (ANS) international high level radioactive waste management conference.
Dates
28 Apr - 3 May 1991.
Place
Las Vegas, NV (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22038746
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; DRYING; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TUFF; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; WETTABILITY; YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Descriptors DEC
IGNEOUS ROCKS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MOUNTAINS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-7405-ENG-48
Secondary number(s)
CONF-910435--42.