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Review of the Geological and Structural Setting Near the Site of the Proposed Transuranic Waste Facility (TRUWF) Technical Area 52 (TA-52), Los Alamos National Laboratory.

DE2009948563

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Schultz-Fellenz, E. S.; Gardner, J. N.
Page Count	24
Abstract	Because of Los Alamos National Laboratorys proximal location to active geologic structures, assessment of seismic hazards, including the potential for seismic surface rupture, must occur before construction of any facilities housing nuclear or other hazardous materials. A transuranic waste facility (TRUWF) planned for construction at Technical Area 52 (TA-52) provides the impetus for this report. Although no single seismic hazards field investigation has focused specifically on TA-52, numerous studies at technical areas surrounding TA-52 have shown no significant, laterally continuous faults exhibiting activity in the last 10 ka within 3,000 feet of the proposed facility. A site-specific field study at the footprint of the proposed TRUWF would not yield further high-precision data on possible Holocene faulting at the site because post-Bandelier Tuff sediments are lacking and the shallowest subunit contacts of the Bandelier Tuff are gradational. Given the distal location of the proposed TRUWF to any mapped structures with demonstrable Holocene displacement, surface rupture potential appears minimal at TA-52.
Keywords	Geologic structures Alpha bearing wastes Radioactive waste facilities Hazardous materials Ruptures Sediments Seismic events Tuff Radioactive wastes Los Alamos National Laboratory
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200921
Contract Number	DE-AC52-06NA25396

Review of the Geological and Structural Setting Near the Site of the Proposed Transuranic Waste Facility (TRUWF) Technical Area 52 (TA-52), Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Review of the Geological and Structural Setting Near the Site of the Proposed Transuranic Waste Facility (TRUWF) Technical Area 52 (TA-52), Los Alamos National Laboratory.
DE2009948563

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Schultz-Fellenz, E. S.; Gardner, J. N.
Page Count	24
Abstract	Because of Los Alamos National Laboratorys proximal location to active geologic structures, assessment of seismic hazards, including the potential for seismic surface rupture, must occur before construction of any facilities housing nuclear or other hazardous materials. A transuranic waste facility (TRUWF) planned for construction at Technical Area 52 (TA-52) provides the impetus for this report. Although no single seismic hazards field investigation has focused specifically on TA-52, numerous studies at technical areas surrounding TA-52 have shown no significant, laterally continuous faults exhibiting activity in the last 10 ka within 3,000 feet of the proposed facility. A site-specific field study at the footprint of the proposed TRUWF would not yield further high-precision data on possible Holocene faulting at the site because post-Bandelier Tuff sediments are lacking and the shallowest subunit contacts of the Bandelier Tuff are gradational. Given the distal location of the proposed TRUWF to any mapped structures with demonstrable Holocene displacement, surface rupture potential appears minimal at TA-52.
Keywords	Geologic structures Alpha bearing wastes Radioactive waste facilities Hazardous materials Ruptures Sediments Seismic events Tuff Radioactive wastes Los Alamos National Laboratory
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200921
Contract Number	DE-AC52-06NA25396