Briefing to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission - staff Basalt Waste Isolation Project. [BWIP site characterization report]

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5361335

Items covered in the briefing include issues, work elements and data needs in the basalt waste isolation project, site data in site characterization report (SCR), geology and hydrology, waste package and geochemistry data in SCR, performance assessment, near-surface test facility, hydrofracturing, repository design in basalt, drilling and testing, in-situ testing.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Richland, WA (USA). Energy Systems Group
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-77RL01030
• OSTI ID: 5361335
• Report Number(s): RHO-BW-SA-223P; ON: DE82019217
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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