Review of U.S. Department of Energy Technical Basis Report for Surface Characteristics, Preclosure Hydrology, and Erosion (1995)

8:30-8:45 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Ernest T. Smerdon, Chair

Kevin D. Crowley, Study Director

• Purpose and plan for the meeting

• Introduction of committee and staff

8:45-9:30 a.m.

Project Background; National Academy of Sciences Procedures and Policies

Ernest T. Smerdon, Chair

Kevin D. Crowley, Study Director

• Charge to the committee

• Review of the NAS–NRC study process

• General operating procedures for this project

• Project schedule

• Policies regarding public access and confidentiality

• Policies regarding audio and video recording

• Policies regarding public input

9:30-10:30 a.m.

Development of Technical Basis Reports and the Committee's Task

Jane Summerson, DOE–YMSCO

10:30-11:00 a.m.

BREAK

11:00-11:45 a.m.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Perspectives on the Technical Basis Report

Mike Bell, USNRC

11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Questions and Discussion

Committee and Presenters

12:00-1:30 p.m.

LUNCH

1:30-2:00 p.m.

State of Nevada Perspectives on the Technical Basis Report

Carl Johnson, Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office

2:00-2:30 p.m.

Public Trust and the Nuclear Waste Program

Judy Treichel, Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force, Inc.

2:30-3:30 p.m.

Presentations by Other Affected Units of Government

3:30-4:00 p.m.

BREAK

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Opportunity for Public Comment

8:30-8:40 a.m.

Summary of Yesterday's Activities and Plan for the Day

Ernest T. Smerdon, Chair

8:40-9:30 a.m.

U.S. Geological Survey Perspectives on the Technical Basis Report

John Stuckless, Yucca Mountain Project Branch, USGS

9:30-9:45 a.m.

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Perspectives on the Technical Basis Report

Leon Reiter, NWTRB

9:45-10:15 a.m.

Discussion

Committee and Presenters

10:15-10:45 a.m.

BREAK

10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Additional Presentations by Affected Units of Government and Opportunity for Public Comment

12:00-1:30 p.m.

LUNCH

1:30-2:15 p.m.

Preliminary Discussion of Schedule and Assignments

Committee

2:15-3:00 p.m.

Preliminary Discussion of Plans for the Next Meeting, Including Field Trip

Committee

3:00-3:30 p.m.

BREAK

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Opportunity for Public Comment

7:00 a.m.

Field trip participants will depart for Beatty from the La Quinta Inn, Las Vegas.

8:30 a.m.

Rendezvous at Lathrop Wells (Amargosa Valley), intersection of Routes 95 and 29, for introductions of committee and visitors and a brief review of the purpose and plan for the field trip.

Stop 1: U.S. Route 95 at Fortymile Wash. Erosional history of Fortymile Wash and historical flooding [DOE: Whitney, Lundstrom, and Beck; State: Mifflin]. One hour.

Stop 2: Lathrop Wells Cone. Comparison of dating techniques; techniques to infer erosion [DOE: Crowe]. One hour.

12:00 p.m.

Arrive at Beatty, Nevada.

2:00-6:00 p.m.

Open Session at Beatty Community Center

2:00-4:00 p.m.

Committee Discussion on Hydrology.The committee will ask questions of DOE scientists on the following topics:

Perched water. Nature, extent, occurrence, and flux rates; dating and other geochemical work; experimental design to find perched water; how well perched water is understood and can be predicted. [DOE: Luckey and Czarnecki; State: Mifflin]

Ground water supply. Given alternative conceptual models for steep hydrologic gradients north of Yucca Mountain, how do they affect predictions of ground water drawdown. [DOE: Luckey and Czarnecki; State: Mifflin]

Probable Maximum Flooding. Details of calculations to determine probable maximum flood boundaries. [DOE: Barton]

4:00-6:00 p.m.

Committee Discussion and Public Comment

6:00 a.m.

Depart Beatty to Nevada Test Site Gate 510 for badging.

6:30 a.m.

Rendezvous at Gate 510 for badging.

7:00 a.m.

Depart Nevada Test Site Gate 510.

8:00-11:00 a.m.

Stop 3: Big Skull Mountain Vista. Erosional history, debris flows, and varnish dating. [DOE: Whitney and Harrington; State: Dorn]

Stop 4: LSM-1 Boulder Deposit. Erosional history, debris flows, and varnish dating. [DOE: Whitney and Harrington; State: Dorn]

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

LUNCH (Site Characterization Office)

12:00-3:00 p.m.

Stop 5: Fortymile Wash Vista. Drainage evolution, incision rates, and Quaternary history. Geochronologic studies of surficial deposits at Yucca Mountain. [DOE: Whitney, Lundstrom, and Paces; State: Spaulding]

Stop 6: Jake Ridge. Debris flows from a storm event. [DOE: Whitney]

3:00-4:00 p.m.

Stop 7: Trench 14D/Crest Exile Hill. Surficial deposits and alluvium/colluvium relationships as evidence for erosion rates. Amounts of Quaternary faulting related to enhanced erosion. [DOE: Lundstrom, Whitney, and Paces; State: Bell]

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Stop 8: Yucca Crest. Wrap-up and overview of tomorrow's work. [DOE: Whitney and Harrington]

5:30 p.m.

Depart for Beatty via Test Site Gate 510.

6:00 a.m.

Committee will depart from Beatty.

6:45 a.m.

Rendezvous at Steves Pass turnaround.

6:45 a.m.

Stop 9: Steves Pass. Overview of Crater Flats, including geomorphology and soils. [DOE: Whitney; State: Bell, Spaulding]

Stop 10: Crater Flats Cinder Cone. Erosional history. [DOE: Harrington; State: Bell, Spaulding]

Stop 11: Trench 8. Boulder deposits, relationship of colluvium with hillslope deposits, erosion rates, and antiquity of colluvial deposits as determined from K-horizon carbonates. [DOE: Whitney, Harrington, and Paces; State: Bell]

Stop 12: SCFT-3. Boulder deposits, relationship of colluvium with hillslope deposits, erosion rates, and antiquity of colluvial deposits as determined from K-horizon carbonates. [DOE: Whitney, Harrington, and Paces; State: Bell]

Technical wrap-up (Whitney); next steps and schedule (Smerdon); comments by committee members and other participants.

12:00 p.m.

Depart for Las Vegas.