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The Marysvale Natural Analog Study is being conducted by the Office of Waste Technology Development for the U.S. Department of Energy. The major focus of this study is the elucidation of the mass transport of nuclides in a hydrothernial system associated with some uranium (uraninite-pyrite-fluorite) veins within quartz monzonite and granite. The objectives of the study include: (1) determining the nature of the mineralizing hydrothermal system in terms of thermal, spatial, temporal, and chemical parameters; (2) determining the extent of the element/fluid migration; and (3) identifying the geochemical and geohydrologic processes controlling this movement. Feasibility phase analytical results include: (1) the importance of identifying fractures within the host rock; (2) the detection of the mobility and immobility of some very important and extremely important radionuclides of concern; (3) the modelling of Ar transport will help define non-sorptive, conservative mobility parameters within the fractured granitic rock.
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Shea, M. (1987). Marysvale Natural Analog Study: Feasibility Phase Analytical Results. In: Côme, B., Chapman, N.A. (eds) Natural Analogues in Radioactive Waste Disposal. Radioactive Waste Management Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3465-8_25
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