Review of U.S. Department of Energy technical basis report for surface characteristics, preclosure hydrology, and erosion / Committee for Yucca Mountain Review: Surface Characteristics.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Yucca Mountain Review: Surface Characteristics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrology.

Erosion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 131 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Institute of Medicine, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Review of U.S. Department of Energy Technical Basis Report for Surface Characteristics, Preclosure Hydrology, and Erosion""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TBR""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""REVIEW CRITERIA""; ""Validity of Data""; ""Validity of Interpretations and Conclusions""; ""Adequacy in the Treatment of Uncertainties""; ""Presentation""; ""Report Preparation""; ""REVIEW BASIS""; ""SOURCES OF INFORMATION USED IN REVIEW""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT""; ""2 SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS AND EROSION POTENTIAL""

""REVIEW OF SURFICIAL GEOLOGY"" ""Adequacy of Data Collection and Analysis""; ""Support for Technical Interpretations""; ""Credible Alternative Interpretations""; ""Testing to Discriminate Among Alternative Interpretations""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""REVIEW OF EROSION POTENTIAL OF ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS""; ""Adequacy of Data Collection and Analysis""; ""Thicknesses and Ages of Alluvial Deposits""; ""Surface Drainage, Fluvial Erosion, and Forty mile Wash Evolution""; ""Debris Flow Deposits and Debris Flow Potential""; ""Support for Technical Interpretations""

""Credible Alternative Interpretations"" ""Testing to Discriminate Among Alternative Interpretations""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""REVIEW OF QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY""; ""Adequacy of Data Collection and Analysis""; ""Criteria for Selecting CRD""; ""Calibration, Accuracy, and Precision of CRD""; ""Support for Technical Interpretations""; ""Cation Ratio Dating""; ""Choice of Sites for Cation Ratio Dating""; ""Credible Alternative Interpretations""; ""Testing to Discriminate Among Alternative Interpretations""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""REVIEW OF EROSION RATES""

""Adequacy of Data Collection and Analysis"" ""Support for Technical Interpretations""; ""Credible Alternative Interpretations""; ""Testing to Discriminate Among Alternative Interpretations""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""3 PRECLOSURE HYDROLOGY""; ""REVIEW OF SURFACE FLOODING""; ""Adequacy of Data Collection and Analysis""; ""Support for Technical Interpretations""; ""Credible Alternative Interpretations""; ""Testing to Discriminate Among Alternative Interpretations""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""REVIEW OF SUBSURFACE FLOODING""; ""Adequacy of Data Collection and Analysis""

""Support for Technical Interpretations"" ""Credible Alternative Interpretations""; ""Testing to Discriminate Among Alternative Interpretations""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""REVIEW OF WATER RESOURCE POTENTIAL""; ""Adequacy of Data Collection and Analysis""; ""Well and Production Data""; ""Numerical Modeling""; ""Water Requirements for Repository Construction and Operation""; ""Support for Technical Interpretations""; ""Credible Alternative Interpretations""; ""Testing to Discriminate Among Alternative Interpretations""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""4 CONCLUDING COMMENTS "" ""AUDIENCE FOR THE TBR""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

844088753