
doi: 10.2172/837100 , 10.2172/886571
The purpose of this Analysis/Model Report (AMR) is to update and document the data and subsequent analyses from ambient field-testing activities performed in underground drifts of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP). This revision updates data and analyses presented in the initial issue of this AMR. This AMR was developed in accordance with the ''Technical Work Plan for Unsaturated Zone (UZ) Flow and Transport Process Model Report'' and ''Technical Work Plan for UZ Flow, Transport, and Coupled Processes Process Model Report. These activities were performed to investigate in situ flow and transport processes. The evaluations provide the necessary framework to: (1) refine and confirm the conceptual model of matrix and fracture processes in the unsaturated zone (UZ) and (2) analyze the impact of excavation (including use of construction water and effect of ventilation) on the UZ flow and transport processes. This AMR is intended to support revisions to ''Conceptual and Numerical Models for UZ Flow and Transport'' and ''Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport Model Process Model Report''. In general, the results discussed in this AMR are from studies conducted using a combination or a subset of the following three approaches: (1) air-injection tests, (2) liquid-release tests, and (3) moisture monitoring using in-drift sensors or in-borehole sensors, to evaluate the impact of excavation, ventilation, and construction-water usage on the surrounding rocks. The liquid-release tests and air-injection tests provide an evaluation of in situ fracture flow and the competing processes of matrix imbibition. Only the findings from testing and data not covered in the ''Seepage Calibration Model and Seepage Testing Data'' are analyzed in detail in the AMR.
Monitoring, Testing, 12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, Transport, Documentation, Permeability, Tuff, Validation, Wastes, Evaluation, Moisture, Construction, Drying, Radioisotopes, And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities, Boreholes, Refining, Field Tests, Water, License Applications, Site Characterization, Excavation, Ventilation, Calibration, Fractures, Positioning, Yucca Mountain
Monitoring, Testing, 12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, Transport, Documentation, Permeability, Tuff, Validation, Wastes, Evaluation, Moisture, Construction, Drying, Radioisotopes, And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities, Boreholes, Refining, Field Tests, Water, License Applications, Site Characterization, Excavation, Ventilation, Calibration, Fractures, Positioning, Yucca Mountain
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