T49 Tectonic Modeling Applied to the Characterization and Evaluation of Yucca Mountain as a National Nuclear Waste Repository Site: Concepts, Methods, and Hazard Analyses at Local and Regional Scales

Sunday, 27 October 2002
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  EVALUATING RADIOLOGICAL RISKS FROM SEISMOTECTONIC HAZARDS AT THE PROPOSED RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S RISK-INFORMED AND PERFORMANCE-BASED APPROACH
  Philip S. Justus, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, M/S T-7F3, Washington, DC and John A. Stamatakos, Southwest Rsch Institute^®, San Antonio, TX and Timothy J. McCartin, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC and James R. Firth, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
  45697 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:15 PM
  TECTONIC SETTING OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, IN EVALUATIONS OF FAULT, EARTHQUAKE, AND VOLCANIC HAZARDS
  John A. Stamatakos, Southwest Rsch Institute^®, San Antonio, TX
  43515 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:35 PM
  STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONIC IMPLICATION OF UPPER OLIGOCENE AND LOWER MIOCENE STRATA IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN AREA
  Danielle A. Murray, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN and Ken D. Ridgway, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN and John A. Stamatakos, Southwest Rsch Institute^®, San Antonio, TX and Mary Beth Gray, Bucknell Univ, Lewisburg, PA
  43571 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  THE GEOLOGIC BASIS FOR VOLCANIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  Frank V. Perry, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM and Robert Youngs, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc, Oakland, CA
  41613 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  DEEP MELTING OF HOT MANTLE: IMPLICATIONS FOR VOLCANIC HAZARD STUDIES AT THE PROPOSED NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  Eugene I. Smith, Univ Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Deborah L. Keenan, Geoscience Consultants, Henderson, NV and Terry Plank, Boston Univ, Boston, MA and C.-H. Ho, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  42018 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  PALEOSEISMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF QUATERNARY FAULTS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  Christopher M. Menges, Tucson, AZ and John W. Whitney, Denver, CO
  44948 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  Ivan G. Wong, URS Corporation, Oakland, CA and J. Savy, LLNL, Livermore, CA and J.C. Stepp, Blanco, TX and J. Whitney, USGS, Denver, CO and R. Quittmeyer, ISSI, Las Vegas, NV and N. Abrahamson, Piedmont, CA and K. Coppersmith, Walnut Creek, CA and R. Youngs, Geomatrix Consultants, Oakland, CA and G. Toro, Risk Engineering, Acton, MA and T. Sullivan, DOE, Las Vegas, NV
  40725 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  TECTONIC HISTORY OF MAJOR FAULTS IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN REGION: POTENTIAL PATHWAYS FOR FLUID MIGRATION
  Thomas H. Anderson, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and Danielle L. Deemer, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and Ann L. Vander Schrier, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  45115 (Technical Sessions)