Validation Analysis of the Groundwater Flow and Transport Model of the Central Nevada Test Area

Hassan, A. ; Chapman, J. ; Bekhit, H. ; Lyles, B. ; Pohlmann, K.

Nevada System of Higher Education. Desert Research Institute.

关键词: Streams;    Seismic Effects;    Nuclear Energy;    Nevada Test Site;    Environmental Protection;   

DOI  :  10.2172/899904
RP-ID  :  DOE/NV/13609-51
RP-ID  :  AC52-06NA26383
RP-ID  :  899904

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Central Nevada Test Area (CNTA) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) site undergoing environmental restoration. The CNTA is located about 95 km northeast of Tonopah, Nevada, and 175 km southwest of Ely, Nevada (Figure 1.1). It was the site of the Faultless underground nuclear test conducted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (DOE's predecessor agency) in January 1968. The purposes of this test were to gauge the seismic effects of a relatively large, high-yield detonation completed in Hot Creek Valley (outside the Nevada Test Site [NTS]) and to determine the suitability of the site for future large detonations. The yield of the Faultless underground nuclear test was between 200 kilotons and 1 megaton (DOE, 2000). A three-dimensional flow and transport model was created for the CNTA site (Pohlmann et al., 1999) and determined acceptable by DOE and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) for predicting contaminant boundaries for the site.