Yucca Mountain Saturated Zone Carbon-14

Authors

James Thomas, Desert Research InstituteFollow
Drew Coleman
Raymond E. Keeler, Cooperative Agreement Project DirectorFollow
Amy J. Smiecinski, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

3-10-2005

Abstract

This Scientific Investigation Plan (SIP) provides an overview of the work described in “Yucca Mountain Saturated Zone Carbon-14”, a proposal funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Repository Development under the UCCSN/YMP Co-op in support of the Science and Technology Initiatives. The objective of this work is to provide improved estimates of the time required for ground water to travel from the site of the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to the accessible environment.

Keywords

Groundwater; Groundwater recharge; Nevada – Yucca Mountain

Disciplines

Hydrology

Language

English

Comments

Signatures have been redacted for privacy and security measures.

Report Document Identifier: SIP-DRI-042

Task ORD-FY04-017

Repository Citation

Thomas, J., Coleman, D., Keeler, R. E., Smiecinski, A. J. (2005). Yucca Mountain Saturated Zone Carbon-14.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/yucca_mtn_pubs/117