Uncertainty underground Yucca Mountain and the nation's high-level nuclear waste (MIT Press, 2006)
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface -- - Acknowledgments -- - Contributors -- - 1 - Introduction - Allison M. Macfarlane - and - Rodney C. Ewing -- - pt. 1 - Policy -- - 2 - Nuclear waste story : setting the stage - Thomas A. Cotton -- - 3 - Regulating the geologic disposal of high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain - William M. Murphy -- - 4 - Performance assessment : what is it and why is it done? - Chris Whipple -- - 5 - Performance assessments : are they necessary or sufficient? - Rodney C. Ewing -- - 6 - Technical policy decision making in siting a high-level nuclear waste repository - Allison M. Macfarlane
pt. 2 - Science and technology -- - 1 - Earth science -- - 7 - The mountain matters - David Applegate -- - 8 - Volcanism : the continuing saga - Bruce M. Crowe - Greg A. Valentine - Grank V. Perry - and - Paul K. Black -- - 9 - Climate change at Yucca Mountain : lessons from earth history - MaryLynn Musgrove - and - Daniel P. Schrag -- - 2 - Hydrology -- - 10 - Hot upwelling water : did it really invade Yucca Mountain? - Nicholas S.F. Wilson - and - Jean S. Cline -- - 11 - Water and radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone - June Fabryka-Martin - Alan Flint - Arend Meijer - and - Gilles Bussod -- - 12 - Colloidal transport of radionuclides - Annie B. Kersting -- - 13 - The importance of mineralogy at Yucca Mountain - David L. Bish - J. William Carey - Steve J. Chipera - and - David T. Vaniman -- - 14 - Contaminant transport in the saturated zone at Yucca Mountain - Lynn W. Gelhar -- - 3 - Thermohydrology -- - 15 - Thermohydrologic effects and interactions - G.S. Bodvarsson -- - 16. The - near field at Yucca Mountain : effects of coupled processes on nuclear waste isolation - William M. Murphy -- - 4 - Waste package behavior -- - 17 - Waste package corrosion - David W. Shoesmith -- - 18 - Drip shield and backfill - David Stahl -- - 5 - Waste forms -- - 19 - Zircaloy cladding - Eric R. Siegmann -- - 20 - Spent fuel - Jordi Bruno - and - Esther Cera -- - 21 - Glass - Werner Lutze -- - 22 - Storing waste in ceramic - WiIliam L. Bourcier - and - Kurt Sickafus
pt. 3 - Coping with uncertainty -- - 23 - The path to Yucca Mountain and beyond - Luther J. Carter -- - 24 - Uncertainty, models, and the way forward in nuclear waste disposal - Allison M. Macfarlane -- - Index