Memoirs of Roger Max Zimmerman Volume 3 Yucca Mountain Project

This volume highlights the activities related to conducting experiments to evaluate how a volcanically- deposited, ash flow deposited geological material will perform if subjected to excavations and deposits of heat generating nuclear waste canisters in welded tuff layers deep underground at Yucca Mountain. Four major experiments were conducted in a similar layer of welded tuff in an underground tunnel some 45 miles away that is located on the Nevada Test Site. Details of preparing and conducting experiments are provided and dialog is presented to illustrate how miners and engineers worked together to achieve the desired objectives.