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Document Title. Groundwater Flow and thermal Transport Modeling to Support a Preferred Conceptual Model for the Large Hydraulic Gradient North of Yucca Mountain will be managed according to QAP-3.3. The model simulations performed will be numeric representation of a hydrogeologic conceptualization and cannot be quantitatively validated. Error associated with data reduction performed by task personnel will be minimized by verifying the accuracy of the reduced data to the raw data and that the reduction processes are accurate. Data verification will be performed by someone other than the originator. These reviews will be documented in the scientific notebooks for this task and in conjunction with the technical report review. There is no objective or evaluation for precision. The model developed by this task is a conceptual representation (i.e., assumed hydrogeologic conditions and hydraulic properties necessary to illustrate general characteristics) and quantification of potential error in representation of the natural system is not possible. Electronic data will be controlled by limited access to the computers that will contain those data. Each computer will be password protected. Data will be backed up on a regular basis. Access lists will be established for authorized users and these lists and the types of access will be listed in the applicable scientific notebooks. Data will be developed or used and controlled electronically in accordance with QAP-3.1, “Control of Electronic Data,” to prevent tampering. Data will be recorded in electronic form, backed up to prevent loss, and verified when converted, transferred or input manually. Data considered established fact by the scientific community need not undergo qualification. It is expected that most if not all of the groundwater temperature data near the LHG are unqualified. This task will produce a qualified conceptual model simulation that will be compared to unqualified reported data for corroboration purposes only. Unqualified data will be clearly labeled “unqualified” and traceability to their origin will be maintained. Data that are used, reduced, or produced in this work will be submitted to the Technical Data Archive (TDA) and/or the BSC-maintained Technical Data Management System (TDMS) in accordance with QAP-3.6, “Submittal of Data to the Technical Data Management System.” QA records produced as a result of the UCCSN QAP’s are controlled in accordance with QAP-17.0, “Quality Assurance Records”. Quarterly report deliverables are submitted to the cooperative agreement administrator in accordance with the Cooperative Agreement. QA records may include reports, other documents produced, hard copies of data used if available, and copies of literature cited. Date Description and Reason for Change Rev. 0 11/08/2004 Initial Issue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ is the principal investigator (PI) for the task Groundwater Flow and Thermal Modeling to Support a Preferred Conceptual Model for the Large Hydraulic Gradient North of Yucca Mountain, ORD-FY04-018, under the DOE Cooperative Agreement DE-FC28- 04RW12232,. The PI and project staff will evaluate postulated conceptual hydrogeologic configurations of the large hydraulic gradient (LHG) north of Yucca Mountain. There are multiple conceptual models of the hydrogeology that may cause hydraulic heads similar to the (LHG). There are sufficient uncertainties in the hydrologic interpretation and range in hydraulic properties, such that a certain interpretation of the LHG is not indicated based solely on water level evidence. By combining groundwater temperature information with the water level information, a more rigorous numerical interpretation is formulated that should indicate the more likely conceptualization(s) of the LHG.