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Geologic Assessment of the Damage Zone from Two Explosions at the Source Physics Experiment

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OSTI ID:1247148
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  1. National Security Technologies, LLC. (NSTec), Mercury, NV (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Explosive tests are being conducted in fractured granite in Nevada to increase the understanding of certain basic physical phenomena associated with underground explosions. These tests, collectively known as the Source Physics Experiment (SPE), are designed to study the generation and propagation of seismic waves. The results will help advance the seismic monitoring capability of the United States by improving the predictive capability of physics-based modeling of explosive phenomena (Snelson et al., 2012). Three of seven planned tests have been conducted to date. All the tests have been conducted in the same source hole.

Research Organization:
Nevada Test Site/National Security Technologies, LLC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE NA Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (NA-22)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25946
OSTI ID:
1247148
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/25946--2104
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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