Basic data report for drillhole WIPP 30 (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - WIPP)

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5168510· OSTI ID:5168510

WIPP 30 was drilled in east-central Eddy County, New Mexico, in NW 1/4, Sec. 33, T21S, R31E, to obtain drill core for the study of dissolution of near-surface rocks. The borehole encountered from top to bottom, the Dewey Lake Red Beds (449' including artificial fill for drill pad), Rustler Formation (299'), and the upper 160' of the Salado Formation. Continuous core was cut from the surface to total depth. Geophysical logs were taken the full length of the borehole to measure acoustic velocities, density, and distribution of potassium and other radioactive elements. Information from this borehole will be included in an interpretive report on dissolution in Nash Draw based on combined borehole data, surface mapping and laboratory analyses of rocks and fluids. The WIPP is to demonstrate (through limited operations) disposal technology for transuranic defense wastes and to then be converted to a repository. The WIPP will also provide research facilities for interactions between high-level waste and salt. Administration policy as of February 1980 is to hold the WIPP site in reserve until the first disposal site can be chosen from several potential sites, including the WIPP.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5168510
• Report Number(s): SAND-79-0284; TRN: 80-014617
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DRILL CORES
DISSOLUTION
NEW MEXICO
LITHOLOGY
SALT DEPOSITS
WELL LOGGING
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS
BOREHOLES
DENSITY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
MAPS
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROCKS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
CAVITIES
DATA
ELEMENTS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
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NUMERICAL DATA
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
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