A mountain-scale model for characterizing unsaturated flow and transport in fractured tuffs of Yucca Mountain [electronic resource]

This paper presents a large-scale modeling study characterizing fluid flow and tracer transport in the unsaturated zone of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the proposed underground repository site for storing high-level radioactive waste. The modeling study is conducted using a three-dimensional numerical mo...

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Corporate Author: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2003.
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