• Disposal Research within the Used Fuel Disposition Campaign
• International Disposal R&D
• Waste Forms Research
• Ground-Motion Analysis and Soil-Structure-Interaction (SSI) Modeling
• The Yucca Mountain Project and the Science & Technology Program

• Natural Systems Research
  • Coupled process modeling
  • Fracture network modeling
  • Other Natural Systems UFD Activities
• Engineered Barrier Research
  • Coupled THMC Processes in Bentonite Buffer
  • Modeling Reactive-Diffusive Transport in the EBS
  • Experimental Investigation of Radionuclide Transport in the EBS
• System-Level Modeling
• International Activities
  • Development of Coupled Models and their Validation Against Experiments in Nuclear Waste Isolation (DECOVALEX)
  • Mont Terri Project
  • Colloid Formation and Migration Project

• International Activities within UFD
• Worldwide Reviews
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Research supporting Nuclear Waste Programs in other countries (including Japan)

• coming soon

• Investigation of Methods to Incorporate Performance-Based Risk-Informed Techniques in the Design of Structures, Systems, and Components (SSCs) of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs)
• Investigation of Analysis Methods to Incorporate Multi-Dimensional Loading and Incoherent Ground Motion in SSI Analyses
• Development of NUREG/CR Report on Base Isolation Technology, Design and Assessment as it pertains to NPP SSCs

The Yucca Mountain Project

• Ambient Testing
  • Drift Seepage Tests
  • Fracture Flow, Fracture Matrix Interaction Test
  • Moisture Monitoring
  • Paintbrush Flow Test
  • Systematic Testing
  • Drift-to-Drift (Alcove 8 – Niche 3) and Surface-to-Drift (Alcove 1) Tests
• Heater Testing
  • The Single Heater Test
  • The Drift Scale Test
• Laboratory Testing
  • Liquid Flow in Fractured Rock
  • Laboratory-Scale Heat-Driven Flow in Fractures
• Numerical Modeling
  • Ambient Unsaturated Zone Flow and Radionuclide Transport Models
  • Ambient Drift Seepage Model
  • Thermal-Coupled Process Models

The Science and Technology Program

• Natural Barriers Thrust .pdf (Office of the Chief Scientist: Research Summar ies 2006-2007)
• Source Term Thrust .pdf (Office of the Chief Scientist: Research Summar ies 2006-2007)
• Materials Performance Thrust .pdf (Office of the Chief Scientist: Research Summar ies 2006-2007)