Geochemical alteration of backfill FY98 status report
Description:
The Yucca Mountain Project is considering some type of backfill, possibly emplaced as a capillary barrier, for inclusion in the Engineering Barrier System (EBS) at the potential Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository site. The performance of capillary barriers in isothermal, low- temperature, environments has been studied extensively (e.g., Ho and Webb, 1998; OZdenburg and Pruess, 1993; Ross, 1990). The performance of capillary barriers in an non-isothermal, high temperature environment, such …
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Date:
September 30, 1998
Creator:
Buscheck, T.; Knauss, K.; Rosenberg, N. & Viani, B.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department