Review of potential host rocks for radioactive waste disposal in the southern Piedmont

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5349790

Marine, I W; Bledsoe, H W

A federal geologic repository is being considered for the disposal of radioactive waste. The geological literature on the Southern Piedmont was studied to identify rock bodies worthy of field exploration for site selection. The study was geotechnical in nature and no consideration was given to socioeconomic factors. There were 13 geotechnical criteria applied in this study of the Southern Piedmont to arrive at a recommendation for further studies on 29 rock bodies. In general, information from the literature included the geometry and depth of the rock body, the lithology and mineralogy of the body, mineral resources, and seismicity of the area. Some rock properties, such as physical, chemical, and thermal characteristics, can be inferred from the lithology and mineralogy of the rock. The subjects on which information from the literature was generally lacking were hydrology and in situ stress. This study was unable to infer the gross hydrologic characteristics from the abundant data in the literature on lithology and structure because few geologic studies report the hydrologic characteristics.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5349790
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-81-96; CONF-820352-2; ON: DE82014394
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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