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Mondy, L.A.; Wilson, R.K.; Bixler, N.E.
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)1983
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)1983
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[en] This report summarizes the results of a hydrological analysis of two emplacement schemes being considered for the storage of commercial high-level nuclear waste at the Nevada Test Site. The analysis is two-dimensional, considers the flow of water in partially saturated tuff (the Topopah Springs member of the Paintbrush tuff in Yucca Mountain) and includes the effects of the heat source (waste canisters) on that flow. The results include measures of the heat flux entering the access and emplacement drifts, measures of the flow rates near the canisters and a comparison of the temperature fields. It was necessary in the analysis to approximate the boundary conditions at the walls of the access and emplacement drifts in order to simulate the ventilation process. As a result the analysis was done for several cases which were expected to bracket the actual situation. A discussion of this problem is also included in the report. It should be noted that these results are intended as a means of comparing emplacement schemes, not as a performance assessment. 72 figures, 6 tables
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Aug 1983; 121 p; Available from NTIS, PC A06/MF A01; 1 as DE84000968
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