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Title: INEL cold test pit demonstration of improvements in information derived from non-intrusive geophysical methods over buried waste sites. Phase 2, Final report: Attachment

Abstract

Under contract between US DOE Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) and the Blackhawk Geosciences Division of Coleman Research Corporation (BGD-CRC), geophysical investigations were conducted to improve the detection of buried wastes. Over the Cold Test Pit (CTP) at INEL, data were acquired with multiple sensors on a dense grid. Over the CTP the interpretations inferred from geophysical data are compared with the known placement of various waste forms in the pit. The geophysical sensors employed were magnetics, frequency and time domain electromagnetics, and ground penetrating radar. Also, because of the high data density acquired, filtering and other data processing and imaging techniques were tested. After completion and analysis of the survey and interpretation over the CTP, the second phase of investigation consisted of testing geophysical methods over the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP). The sections of the ICPP surveyed are underlain by a complex network of buried utility lines of different dimensions and composition, and with placement at various depths up to 13 ft. Further complications included many metallic objects at the surface, such as buildings, reinforced concrete pads, and debris. Although the multiple geophysical sensor approach mapped many buried utilities, they mapped far from all utilities shown on themore » facility drawings. This report consists of data collected from these geophysical surveys over the ICPP.« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Coleman Energy and Environmental Systems, Golden, CO (United States). Blackhawk Geosciences Div.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10147696
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/13215-T2-Attach.
ON: DE94011115; BR: EW4020000/EW4050000
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-93ID13215
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 9 May 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; IDAHO CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; PROGRESS REPORT; MAGNETIC SURVEYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; RADAR; 580000; GEOSCIENCES

Citation Formats

. INEL cold test pit demonstration of improvements in information derived from non-intrusive geophysical methods over buried waste sites. Phase 2, Final report: Attachment. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/10147696.
. INEL cold test pit demonstration of improvements in information derived from non-intrusive geophysical methods over buried waste sites. Phase 2, Final report: Attachment. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10147696
. 1994. "INEL cold test pit demonstration of improvements in information derived from non-intrusive geophysical methods over buried waste sites. Phase 2, Final report: Attachment". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10147696. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10147696.
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title = {INEL cold test pit demonstration of improvements in information derived from non-intrusive geophysical methods over buried waste sites. Phase 2, Final report: Attachment},
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abstractNote = {Under contract between US DOE Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) and the Blackhawk Geosciences Division of Coleman Research Corporation (BGD-CRC), geophysical investigations were conducted to improve the detection of buried wastes. Over the Cold Test Pit (CTP) at INEL, data were acquired with multiple sensors on a dense grid. Over the CTP the interpretations inferred from geophysical data are compared with the known placement of various waste forms in the pit. The geophysical sensors employed were magnetics, frequency and time domain electromagnetics, and ground penetrating radar. Also, because of the high data density acquired, filtering and other data processing and imaging techniques were tested. After completion and analysis of the survey and interpretation over the CTP, the second phase of investigation consisted of testing geophysical methods over the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP). The sections of the ICPP surveyed are underlain by a complex network of buried utility lines of different dimensions and composition, and with placement at various depths up to 13 ft. Further complications included many metallic objects at the surface, such as buildings, reinforced concrete pads, and debris. Although the multiple geophysical sensor approach mapped many buried utilities, they mapped far from all utilities shown on the facility drawings. This report consists of data collected from these geophysical surveys over the ICPP.},
doi = {10.2172/10147696},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10147696}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 09 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Mon May 09 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
}