Site characterization and monitoring data from Area 5 Pilot Wells, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Technical Report · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10160810· OSTI ID:10160810

The Special Projects Section (SPS) of Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Inc. (REECO) is responsible for characterizing the subsurface geology and hydrology of the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site (RWMS) at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) for the US Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV), Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Division, Waste Operations Branch. The three Pilot Wells that comprise the Pilot Well Project are an important part of the Area 5 Site Characterization Program designed to determine the suitability of the Area 5 RWMS for disposal of low-level waste (LLW), mixed waste (MW), and transuranic waste (TRU). The primary purpose of the Pilot Well Project is two-fold: first, to characterize important water quality and hydrologic properties of the uppermost aquifer; and second, to characterize the lithologic, stratigraphic, and hydrologic conditions which influence infiltration, redistribution, and percolation, and chemical transport through the thick vadose zone in the vicinity of the Area 5 RWMS. This report describes Pilot Well drilling and coring, geophysical logging, instrumentation and stemming, laboratory testing, and in situ testing and monitoring activities.

• Research Organization: Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-94NV11432
• OSTI ID: 10160810
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/11432-74; ON: DE94013854; BR: 400700000; TRN: US200513%%238
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Supercedes report DE94013854; PBD: Feb 1994; PBD: 1 Feb 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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