Bomb-pulse chlorine-36 at the proposed yucca mountain repository horizon: an investigation of previous conflicting results and collection of new data

Authors

Klaus J. Stetzenbach, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Fred Phillips
Drew Coleman
Don Baepler, University and Community College System of NevadaFollow
Amy J. Smiecinski, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

11-20-2003

Abstract

Previous studies by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) quantified ³⁶Cl/Cl to test for the presence of fast pathways at the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste repository. The goal of these studies was to determine whether or not fluids containing bomb-pulse ³⁶Cl/Cl traveled along fast travel pathways and reached the repository horizon, however, the two groups followed somewhat different procedures and produced conflicting results. The objective of this study is to attempt to determine the cause of the conflicting results and to obtain additional data to determine whether or not there are bomb-pulse isotopes at the repository horizon.

Keywords

Chlorine; Nevada – Nevada Test Site; Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Nuclear weapons; Radioactive pollution; Radioactive waste repositories

Disciplines

Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Sciences | Nuclear Engineering

Language

English

Comments

Signatures have been redacted for privacy and security measures.

Report Document Identifier: SIP-UNLV-026

Task: ORD-FY04-004

Repository Citation

Stetzenbach, K. J., Phillips, F., Coleman, D., Baepler, D., Smiecinski, A. J. (2003). Bomb-pulse chlorine-36 at the proposed yucca mountain repository horizon: an investigation of previous conflicting results and collection of new data.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/yucca_mtn_pubs/110