CSM/OCRD hard rock test facility at the CSM experimental mine, Idaho Springs, Colorado. [Granitic gneiss]

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5463240

Hustrulid, W A

This report is the first in a series describing research conducted by the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) for the Office of Crystalline Repository Development (OCRD) to determine the extent of blast damage in rock surrounding an underground opening. A special room, called the CSM/OCRD room, was excavated for the purpose of assessing blast damage in the rock around the room. Even though this mine is not proposed as a nuclear waste repository site, the instrumentation and methods of blast damage assessment developed in this project are applicable to proposed repository sites. This report describes the room, and summarizes the overall experimental program. 4 references, 2 figures.

• Research Organization: Colorado School of Mines, Golden (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10140
• OSTI ID: 5463240
• Report Number(s): BMI/OCRD-4(1); ON: DE84003197
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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