Tunneling progress on the Yucca Mountain Project
Conference
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OSTI ID:251280
- Parsons Brinckerhoff, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Kiewit Construction Co., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
The current status of tunneling progress on the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) is presented in this paper. The Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF), a key part of the YMP, has been long in development and construction is ongoing. This is a progress report on the tunneling aspects of the ESF as of January 1, 1996. For purposes of discussion in this summary, the tunneling has progressed in four general phases. The paper describes: tunneling in jointed rock under low stress; tunneling through the Bow Ridge Fault and soft rock; tunneling through the Imbricate Fault Zone; and Tunneling into the candidate repository formation.
- Research Organization:
- Parsons-Brinckerhoff, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Kiewit Construction Co., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-87NV10576
- OSTI ID:
- 251280
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960421--45; ON: DE96011901
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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