GEOMECHANICAL AND THERMAL EFFECTS ON MOISTURE FLOW AT THE PROPOSED YUCCA MOUNTAIN NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY

摘要

The percolation flux through the unsaturated zone at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository for high-level nuclear waste can potentially affect (a) the occurrence and magnitude of water influx into the emplacement drifts. (b) the onset and rates of waste-package corrosion, (c) the mobilization of waste into aqueous states, and (d) the transport of radionuclides to the saturated zone.