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Title: Proceedings of the first thermomechanical workshop for shale

Abstract

Chapter 2 provides a description of the three federal regulations that pertain to the development of a high-level nuclear waste repository regardless of the rock type. Chapter 3 summarizes the reference shale repository conditions selected for this workshop. A room-and-pillar configuration was considered at an extraction ratio of about 0.25. The depth was assumed to be 700 m. Chapter 4 gives a summary of several case histories that were considered to be valuable in gaining an understanding of some of the design and construction features that might be unique in creating underground openings in shale. Chapter 5 assesses the data and information needs, availability, technology for acquisition, and the research and development necessary for analytical/numerical modeling in heat transfer, fluid flow, and thermomechanics. Chapter 6 assesses data and information needs in the laboratory and considerations associated with shale rock characterization. Chapter 7 assesses the data and information needs, availability, technology for acquisition, and the research and development necessary for field/in situ testing. Chapter 8 presents the consensus of the workshop participants that there is a definite need to advance the state of knowledge concerning the thermomechanical behavior of shales and to gain experience in applying this knowledge to the designmore » of room-and-pillar excavations. Finally, Chapter 9 provides a summary of the research and development needs in the various interacting activities of repository development, including analytical/numerical modeling, laboratory testing, and field/in situ testing. The main conclusion of the workshop was that a need exists for an aggressive program in laboratory, field, numerical modeling, and design studies to provide a thermomechanical, technological base for comparison of shale types and shale regions/areas/sites.« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
RE/SPEC, Inc., Rapid City, SD (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5940190
Report Number(s):
ORNL/Sub-85-97343/1; CONF-8507115-Summ.
ON: DE86008950; TRN: 86-013739
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1. thermomechanical workshop for shale, Denver, CO, USA, 15 Jul 1985; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; SHALES; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MEETINGS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; 580300* - Mineralogy, Petrology, & Rock Mechanics- (-1989); 052002 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage

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. Proceedings of the first thermomechanical workshop for shale. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
. Proceedings of the first thermomechanical workshop for shale. United States.
. 1986. "Proceedings of the first thermomechanical workshop for shale". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5940190.
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