"The work described in this report was performed for Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) as a part of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NWSI) Project Sandia is one of the principal organizations participating in the project, which is managed by the U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nevada Operations Office ONO). The project is a part of the DOE's program to safely dispose of the commercial spent fuel from nuclear power plants and defense high level wastes."