The United States Department of Energy has for several years studied the potential storage of spent nuclear fuel materials in a facility located below Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. Many scientists have contributed to a large body of work related to nuclear fuel transport and storage as well as the potential facility's characteristics and design.
Submissions from 2009
Corrosion research on rock bolts and steel sets for sub-surface reinforcement of the Yucca Mountain Repository, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Submissions from 2008
Exceptional ground accelerations and velocities caused by earthquakes, John G. Anderson and James N. Brune
Final report: Task 22 — Extreme ground motion studies, John G. Anderson, James N. Brune, Jaak J.K. Daemen, and Matthew Purvance
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 14, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Final report: Phase stability and segregation in Alloy 22 base metal and weldments, Jeffrey LaCombe
Results of precipitation monitoring at Yucca Mountain, N. McGinnis and Amanda Brandt
Environmental effects on corrosion properties of Alloy 22, Mano Misra
Final report: Nevada System of Higher Education Quality Assurance Program, Nevada System of Higher Education
Submissions from 2007
Southern Great Basin seismic network operations, John G. Anderson; Glenn Biasi; Ken Smith; and Nevada Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno
Final report: Second generation waste package design study, L. S. Armijo, Mano Misra, and Piyush Kar
Measurement of the parameter kappa, and reevaluation of kappa for small to moderate earthquakes at seismic stations in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Glenn Biasi, John G. Anderson, Amy J. Smiecinski, and Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Geodetic monitoring of the Yucca Mountain region using continuous GPS measurements, Geoff Blewitt, Jonathan Price, Nevada Geodetic Laboratory, and Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology
Longbase laser strainmeter measurements at Yucca Mountain, James N. Brune
Extreme ground motion studies, James N. Brune and John G. Anderson
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 10, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 11, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 12, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 13, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for Yucca Mountain Repository, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Direct analysis of solid corrosion products by laser ablation ICP-MS: Method development and the interaction of aqueous uranium, gadolinium and neodymium with Iron Shot and Iron (III) Oxide, James Cizdziel, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Groundwater characterization at Yucca Mountain task 2: Surface complexation and solid phase sorption, Kenneth Czerwinski, Anthony Hechanova, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Chemical analyses in support of Yucca Mountain studies, Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies and University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Influence of lithophysae geometry on mechanical properties of Hydro-Stone®, Moses Karakouzian and Doug Rigby
Phase stability and segregation in Alloy 22 base metal and weldments, Jeffrey LaCombe and G. L. McMillon
Environmental effects on corrosion properties of Alloy 22, Mano Misra and L. G. McMillion
Ground water level monitoring at Yucca Mountain — A programmatic summary, H. Scott Page
Ground water level measurements in selected boreholes near the site of the proposed repository, H. Scott Page, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Geostatistical and stochastic study of radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Feng Pan, Ming Ye, and Jianting Zhu
Influence of lithophysal geometry on the uniaxial compression of tuff-like rock, Douglas B. Rigby, Moses Karakouzian, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Seismicity in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period October 1, 2003, to September 30, 2004, David von Seggern, Ken Smith, John G. Anderson, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Yucca Mountain climate: Past, present, and future, Saxon E. Sharpe
Seismicity in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2006, Ken Smith, John G. Anderson, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Seismicity in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003, Ken Smith, David vin Seggern, John G. Anderson, Richard Quittmeyer, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Precipitation monitoring at Yucca Mountain, Klaus J. Stetzenbach and Amanda Brandt
Yucca Mountain saturated zone carbon-14, James Thomas, David L. Decker, Todd M. Mihevc, Ronald L. Hershey, Gary Patterson, Zell Peterman, and Peter Striffler
Geostatistical and stochastic study of flow and tracer transport in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Ming Ye, Feng Pan, Xiaolong Bill Hu, Jianting Zhu, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Geochemical modeling of solubility and speciation of uranium, neptunium, and plutonium, Zhongbo Yu, Yuyu Lin, Karen Johannesson, Amy J. Smiecinski, and Klaus J. Stetzenbach
Submissions from 2006
Precarious rock methodology for seismic hazard: Physical testing, numerical modeling and coherence studies, Rasool Anooshelpoor, Matthew D. Purvance, James N. Brune, Leiph A. Preston, John G. Anderson, Ken Smith, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Characterization of microbial populations in the subsurface, Mark P. Buttner, Patricia Cruz, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 6, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 8, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 9, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Bomb-pulse Chlorine-36 at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository horizon: An investigation of previous conflicting results and collection of new data, James Cizdziel and Amy J. Smiecinski
Long-term mechanical behavior of Yucca Mountain tuff and its variability, Jaak J.K. Daemen, Lumin Ma, and Guohua Zhao
Results of chemical analyses for Alcove 8/ Niche 3 tracer studies, Jeanette Daniels and Amy J. Smiecinski
NSHE/YMP Nuclear Waste Cooperative Agreement, Raymond E. Keeler, Sherry Marks, and Administrative Audit Report Team
Submissions from 2005
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 3, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 4, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 5, Dhanesh Chandra and Jaak J.K. Daemen
A geodetic investigation of ground deformation at Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada, Emma McCaughey
Initial borehole accelerometer array observations near the north portal of the ESF, David von Seggern, James N. Brune, Joe Litehiser, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Submissions from 2004
Sub-surface corrosion research on rock bolt system, perforated SS sheets and steel sets for the Yucca Mountain Repository — Quarterly technical report No. 1, Dhanesh Chandra, Jaak J.K. Daemen, and Raul Rebak
Corrosion research on rock bolts and steel sets for sub-surface reinforcement of the Yucca Mountain repository, Dhanesh Chandra, Jaak J.K. Daemen, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Experimental determination of stiffness of joints in welded Tuff, Jaak J.K. Daemen, George Danko, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Point load strength testing of irregular rock fragments of welded Tuff, Jaak J.K. Daemen, George Danko, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Time dependent mechanical behavior of welded Tuff, Jaak J.K. Daemen, George Danko, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Drift scale test: Analyze and report, George Danko, Davood Bahrami, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Experimental investigation of time dependent behavior of welded Topopah Spring Tuff, Lumin Ma
Continue stress corrosion cracking/ electrochemical testing and model support, L. G. McMillion, K. S. Raja, S. Namjoshi, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Stress corrosion cracking studies, K. S. Raja, S. Namjoshi, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Final Report Task 16: Archaeological Studies cooperative agreement, David Rhode
Submissions from 2003
Thermal transport eveluations related to waste package design -- model evaluations -- task 19, Roald Akberov
The Influence of lithophysal porosity on the in-situ stress-strain properties of Topopah Spring Tuff, Bahri B. Avar, Moses Karakouzian, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Redox scale for assigning an oxidizing/reducing potential to groundwater: Method development and initial results, Julie Bertoia, Vernon Hodge, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Precipitation monitoring at Yucca Mountain from 10/01/2000 through 06/30/2003, Amanda Brandt, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Final report on Task 12: Southern Great Basin seismic network operations, James N. Brune, David von Seggern, Ken Smith, and Glenn Biasi
Scientific and engineering studies of systems, structures, and components important to safety for a potential repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Ian Buckle and E. Manos Maragakis
Corrosion and mass transport processes in Carbon steel miniature waste packages, James Cizdziel, Kaveh Zarrabi, Susan LeStrange, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Isolation and characterization of thermophilic, calcium-precipitating bacteria form calcite deposits at Yucca Mountain, Terry Ann Else, Curtis R. Pantle, Penny S. Amy, Mark P. Buttner, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Organization of the Devils Hole Workshop, Irene Farnham
Task 10: Support to the regional model, Irene Farnham
Chemical analyses for Alcove 8 Niche 3 tracer studies, Irene Farnham, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Support for the Nye County Early Warning Drilling Program, Irene Farnham, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Semi-analytical stochastic study of radionuclide transport in the saturated zone below Yucca Mountain, Xiaolong Hu, Craig Shirley, Jichun Wu, and Hai Huang
Remote monitoring of repository integrity using passive seismic arrays, Barbara Luke and Evangelos Yfantis
Final report of Task #5: Current document index system for document retrieval investigation, Thomas Nartker, Kazem Taghva, and Julie Borsack
Identification of dynamic properties of materials for the Nuclear Waste Package, Brendan O'Toole, Mohamed Trabia, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Ground water level measurements in selected boreholes near the site of the proposed repository, H. Scott Page, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Task 1: Geodetic monitoring of the Yucca Mountain region using continuous global positioning system measurements, Jonathan Price
The Economic impact of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository on the economy of Nevada, Mary Riddel, Martin Boyett, and R. Keith Schwer
Task 32 delayed hydride cracking of spent fuel cladding under repository conditions, Ajit K. Roy, Anthony Hechanova, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Climate: Past, present, and future, Saxon E. Sharpe, Rick Forester, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Future climate analysis -- 10,000 years to 1,000,000 years after present, Saxon E. Sharpe, Dwight Hoxie, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Task 3: Quality assurance program, Amy J. Smiecinski
Final report for Task 11, DOE Cooperative Agreement DE-FC28-98NV12081, Christopher Sugnet
Seismcity in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001, David H. von Seggern, Kenneth Smith, James N. Brune, Richard Quittmeyer, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Seismicity in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002, David H. von Seggern, Kenneth Smith, James N. Brune, Richard Quittmeyer, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Longbase laser strainmeter measurements from the South Ramp of the Yucca Mountain facility, Frank K. Wyatt, Duncan C. Agnew, James N. Brune, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Submissions from 2002
Constraints on ground motion at Yucca Mountain provided by precarious rocks, Abdolrasool Anebshehpoor, James N. Brune, David von Seggern, Kenneth D. Smith, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Thermochronological evolution of calcite formation at the potential Yucca Mountain repository site, Nevada: Part 2 fluid inclusion analyses and UPb dating, Jean S. Cline, Amy J. Smiecinski, and Robert Bodnar
Thermochronological evolution of calcite formation at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository site, Nevada: Part 1, secondary mineral paragenesis and geochemistry, Jean S. Cline, Amy J. Smiecinski, and Robert Bodnar
Yucca Mountain ventilation studies support and associated code enhancements, George Danko
Humidity and temperature boundaries for biofilm formation in Yucca Mountain, Terry Ann Else, Penny S. Amy, James Jay, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Preliminary geochemical evaluation of groundwaters from wells of the Nye County Early Warning Drilling Program, Irene Farnham, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Support for infiltration and seepage studies in exploratory studies facility Niches and Alcoves, Irene Farnham, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Submissions from 2001
Influence of lithophysal porosity on stress-strain properties of Topopah Spring Tuff - numerical analysis, Nick Hudyma, Moses Karakouzian, and Amy J. Smiecinski
Seismicity in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period October 1, 1997 to September 20, 1999, David H. von Seggern, Ken Smith, and Glenn Biasi
Seismicity in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the period October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000, David H. von Seggern, Ken Smith, James N. Brune, Richard Quittmeyer, and Amy J. Smiecinski