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Title: Controlled drill & blast excavation at AECL`s Underground Research Laboratory

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:405276
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  1. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Pinawa, Manitoba (Canada)

A controlled drill and blast method has been developed and used to excavate the Underground Research Laboratory, a geotechnical facility constructed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in crystalline rock. It has been demonstrated that the method can effectively reduce the excavation disturbed zone (EDZ) and is suitable for the construction of a used fuel disposal vault in the plutonic rock of the Canadian Shield.

Research Organization:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), New York, NY (United States); American Nuclear Society (ANS), La Grange Park, IL (United States)
OSTI ID:
405276
Report Number(s):
CONF-960421-; TRN: 97:000602
Resource Relation:
Conference: 7. annual international high-level radioactive waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 29 Apr - 3 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of High level radioactive waste management: Proceedings of the seventh annual international conference; PB: 519 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English