Uncertainty underground : Yucca Mountain and the nations high level nuclear waste Nuclear waste story : setting the stage Thomas A. Cotton Regulating the geologic disposal of high level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain William M. Murphy Performance assessment : what is it and why is it done Chris Whipple Performance assessments : are they necessary or sufficient Rodney C. Ewing Technical policy decision making in siting a high level nuclear waste repository Allison M. Macfarlane The mountain matters David Applegate Volcanism : the continuing saga Bruce M. Crowe ... [et al.] Climate change at Yucca Mountain : lessons from earth history MaryLynn Musgrove and Daniel P. Schrag Hot upwelling water : did it really invade Yucca Mountain Nicholas S.F. Wilson and Jean S. Cline Water and radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone June Fabryka Martin ... [et al.] Colloidal transport of radionuclides Annie B. Kersting Contaminant transport in the saturated zone at Yucca Mountain Lynn W. Belhar Thermohydrologic effects and interactions G.S. Bodvarsson The near field at Yucca Mountain : effects of coupled processes on nuclear water isolation William M. Murphy Waste package corrosion David W. Shoesmith Drip shield and backfill David Stahl Zircaloy cladding Eric R. Siegmann Spent fuel Jordi Bruno and Esther Cera Glass Werner Lutze Storing waste in ceramic WiIliam L. Bourcier and Kurt Sickafus The path to Yucca Mountain and beyond Luther J. Carter Uncertainty models and the way forward in nuclear waste disposal Allison M. Macfarlane