Geostatistical and stochastic study of radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain

摘要

Motivation: Why Study of Unsaturated Zone?The unsaturated zone (UZ), where the proposed repository would be located, acts as a critical natural barrier by delaying the arrival of radionuclides at the saturated zone and by reducing radionuclide concentrations in groundwater through dispersion and dilutionQuantitative prediction of radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone becomes critical for performance assessment and design of the proposed repository of the Yucca Mountain Project