Repository seal material development physical testing program results
This document presents results of laboratory tests conducted in fiscal years 1980 and 1981 under contract CPFF 700 by Woodward-Clyde Consultants. The purpose of the physical testing was to develop preliminary repository sealing material data for materials identified in previous preconceptual studies for sealing of a repository in basalt. Materials tests included expansive cements, mortars, cement grouts, and clay-sand mixtures. Tests were performed to develop crushing strengths, permeability, and segregation characteristics to yield information useful in assessing potential physical stability of candidate plug materials under simulated host rock environments, and also develop host rock plug interface permeability data. Many of the basalt sand-clay specimens tested were required to be fully saturated prior to measuring some key laboratory values. Saturation was not obtained within the available test time and a complete set of results was not obtained.
- Research Organization:
- Rockwell International Corp., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/RW
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-77RL01030
- OSTI ID:
- 5234668
- Report Number(s):
- RHO-BWI-TD-022; ON: TI90005437
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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