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INVESTIGATION OF HOLOCENE FAULTING PROPOSED C-746-U LANDFILL EXPANSION

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OSTI ID:1233318
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  1. William Lettis & Associates, Inc.; USDOE Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office
This report presents the findings of a fault hazard investigation for the C-746-U landfill's proposed expansion located at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP), in Paducah, Kentucky. The planned expansion is located directly north of the present-day C-746-U landfill. Previous geophysical studies within the PGDP site vicinity interpret possible northeast-striking faults beneath the proposed landfill expansion, although prior to this investigation the existence, locations, and ages of these inferred faults have not been confirmed through independent subsurface exploration. The purpose of this investigation is to assess whether or not Holocene-active fault displacement is present beneath the footprint of the proposed landfill expansion.
Research Organization:
Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-03OR23032
OSTI ID:
1233318
Report Number(s):
UK/KRCEE doc#: 17.6 2006; UK/KRCEE doc#: 17.6 2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English