Author(s)

Stuart A. Stothoff

Abstract

Percolation fluxes have great impact on predicted performance of the potential high- level nuclear waste repository within Yucca Mountain (YM), Nevada. In turn, percolation fluxes depend strongly on the temporal and spatial distribution of net infiltration at this semiarid location. A wide variety of techniques has been used to estimate net infiltration at YM, including direct numerical modeling and various indirect methods. Methods that have provided estimates of infiltration or confirmatory evidence are discussed, including strengths and weaknesses. 1 Introduction Yucca Mountain (YM), NV, lies in the transition zone between the Mojave Desert and the Great Basin Desert approximately 160 km northwest of Las Vegas, NV, and 80 km northeast of Death Valley, CA. This semiarid region, lying in the Sierra Nevada rain

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