Cooperative Agreement Tasks

HRC  

   Yucca Mountain Research
The following are tasks that have been funded under the current (FY2004-2008) NSHE YMP Cooperative Agreement.  It is not a comprehensive list of all Yucca Mountain related work performed by researchers within the Nevada System of Higher Education.  (Click on task number to access data from the task, if available.)
Activity/Task Number Title Q-Status Principal Investigator
ORD-FY04-001 NSHE (UCCSN) Administration UQ Keeler, R.
ORD-FY04-002
   (closing)		 NSHE (UCCSN) Quality Assurance Program
Qualified workscope conducted under this task ended December 28, 2007.  Unqualified portions of the workscope for this task are being transitioned to project activity ORD-FY04-001.		 UQ† Smiecinski, A.
ORD-FY04-003 Geodetic Monitoring of the Yucca Mountain Region UQ Price, J.
ORD-FY04-004
   (closed)		 Bomb Pulse Chlorine-36 at the Yucca Mountain Repository Horizon Q Cizdziel, J.
ORD-FY04-005
  (closed *)		 Groundwater level measurements in selected boreholes near the site of the proposed repository Q Stetzenbach, K.
ORD-FY04-006
  (closed *)		 Seismic Monitoring Q Anderson, J.
ORD-FY04-007 Precipitation gauge monitoring network UQ† Stetzenbach, K.
ORD-FY04-008 Baseline Laser Strainmeter UQ† Brune, J.
ORD-FY04-009
   (closed)		 Document Supply for YM Technical Information Center UQ Sinha, R.
ORD-FY04-010
  (closed *)		 Chemical Analyses in Support of  Yucca Mountain Studies Q Stetzenbach, K.
ORD-FY04-011
  (closed)		 Chemical Analyses for Alcove 8/Niche3 Tracer Studies Q Daniels, J.
ORD-FY04-012
  (closed *)		 Yucca Mountain Climate Technical Support Representatives Q Sharpe, S.
ORD-FY04-013
    (closed)		 Influence of Lithophysae Geometry and Distribution on Mechanical Properties of Topopah Spring Tuff Q Karakouzian, M.
ORD-FY04-014 Environmental Effects on Corrosion Properties of Alloy 22 UQ† Misra, M.
ORD-FY04-015 Phase Stability and Segregation in Alloy 22 Base Metal and Weldments UQ† LaCombe, J.
ORD-FY04-016
    (closed)		 Geostatistical and Stochastic Study of Radionuclide Transport in Unsaturated Zone in the Yucca Mountain Q Zhu, J.
ORD-FY04-017
    (closed)		 Yucca Mountain Saturated Zone Carbon-14 Project Q Thomas, J.
ORD-FY04-018
    (closed)		 Groundwater Flow and Thermal Modeling of the Steep Hydraulic Gradient North of Yucca Mountain Q Oberlander, P.
ORD-FY04-019

Sub-Surface Corrosion Research on Rock Bolt System, Perforated SS Sheets and Steel Sets for the YM Repository

 UQ† Chandra, D.
ORD-FY04-020
    (closed)		 Precarious Rock Methodology for Seismic Hazard Q Brune, J.

ORD-FY04-021
    (closed)

 Long-Term Mechanical Behavior of Yucca Mountain Tuffs, and its Variability Q Daemen, J.
ORD-FY06-022 Extreme Ground Motion Studies UQ† Brune, J.
ORD-FY06-023
    (closed)		 Second Generation Waste Package Design Study UQ Misra, M.

* These tasks have been closed under the Cooperative Agreement, but the work has been continued under subcontracts with Sandνa National Laboratory.
† These tasks were initially designated as Qualified, but were downgraded to unqualified by DOE.

The following are links to activities that are or were conducted in accordance with the NSHE QA Program that are not funded under the NSHE Cooperative Agreement:

Funded Organization/Institution Activity/Task Number Title Q-Status Principal Investigator
UNLV Research Foundation
   (closed)		 ORD-RF-01 Characterization of Microbial Activity Q Stetzenbach, K.
ORD-RF-02 Surface Complexation and Solid Phase Dissolution Q Hechanova, A.
ORD-RF-03

Alteration Phase Analysis

 Q Stetzenbach, K.
Desert Research Institute
   (closed)		 DRI-FI-001 Mass Loading Q Gertler, A.
HRC/UNLV
   (closed)		 LBL-ST-01 Redox Properties of Yucca Mountain-Related Groundwater Q Cizdziel, J.

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