CHEEDAM containment data report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/397117· OSTI ID:397117

Stubbs, T; Heinle, R

The CHEEDAM event was detonated in hole U2et of the Nevada Test Site. The CHEEDAM device had a depth-of-burial (DOB) of 342 m in the Tunnel Beds Tuffs of area 2, about 85 m above the Paleozoic formation, and 240 m above the standing water level. Stemming of the 2.44 m diameter emplacement hole followed the plan shown in figure 1.4. A log of the stemming operations was maintained by Holmes & Narver. Detonation time was 09:00 PST on February 17,1983, and collapse progressed to the surface at about 1.1 hour after detonation. The resulting crater had a mean radius of 57.9 m and a maximum depth of 10.0 m. No radiation arrivals were detected above ground and the CHEEDAM containment was considered successful.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 397117
• Report Number(s): UCRL-ID-125015; ON: DE97050163
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
CONTAINMENT
GROUND MOTION
SHOCK WAVES
CONTAINED EXPLOSIONS
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PRESSURE GAGES
RADIATION DETECTORS
PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
RADIATION MONITORING
STRESSES
STRAINS