WIPP air-intake shaft disturbed-rock zone study
- INTERA Inc., Austin, TX (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Repository Isolation Systems Dept.
The disturbed-rock zone surrounding the air-intake shaft at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site was investigated to determine the extent and the permeability of the disturbed-rock zone as a function of radial distance from the 6.1 m diameter shaft, at different elevations within the Salado. Gas- and brine-permeability tests were performed in the bedded halite of the Salado formation at two levels within the air-intake shaft. The gas- and brine-permeability test results demonstrated that the radial distance to an undisturbed formation permeability of 1 {times} 10{sup {minus}21} m{sup 2} was less than 3.0 m.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 414316
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--96-1327C; CONF-9606115--8; ON: DE97001099
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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