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Title: Interim rock mass properties and conditions for analyses of a repository in crystalline rock

Abstract

A summary of rock properties for generic crystalline rock is compiled from literature sources to provide the input data for analyses of a conceptual repository in crystalline rock. Frequency histograms, mean values and ranges of physical, mechanical, thermal, and thermomechanical properties, and the dependence of these properties on temperature are described. A description of the hydrogeologic properties of a crystalline rock mass and their dependence on depth is provided. In addition, the temperature gradients, mean annual surface temperature, and in situ stress conditions are summarized for the three regions of the United States currently under consideration to host a crystalline repository; i.e., the North Central, Northeastern, and Southeastern. Brief descriptions of the regional geology are also presented. Large-scale underground experiments in crystalline rock at Stripa, Sweden, and in Climax Stock in Nevada, are reviewed to assess whether the rock properties presented in this report are representative of in situ conditions. The suitability of each rock property and the sufficiency of its data base are described. 110 refs., 27 figs., 4 tabs.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
RE/SPEC, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5750311
Report Number(s):
BMI/OCRD-18
ON: DE85010700; TRN: 85-012056
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-83CH10139
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ANORTHOSITES; DENSITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; SPECIFIC HEAT; STRESSES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS; FELDSPARS; GNEISSES; GRANODIORITES; GROUND WATER; FLUID FLOW; WATER CHEMISTRY; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; QUARTZ; QUARTZITES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMISTRY; EXPANSION; GABBROS; GRANITES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLUTONIC ROCKS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; WATER; 580300* - Mineralogy, Petrology, & Rock Mechanics- (-1989); 580100 - Geology & Hydrology- (-1989); 052002 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage

Citation Formats

Tammemagi, H Y, and Chieslar, J D. Interim rock mass properties and conditions for analyses of a repository in crystalline rock. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Tammemagi, H Y, & Chieslar, J D. Interim rock mass properties and conditions for analyses of a repository in crystalline rock. United States.
Tammemagi, H Y, and Chieslar, J D. 1985. "Interim rock mass properties and conditions for analyses of a repository in crystalline rock". United States.
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abstractNote = {A summary of rock properties for generic crystalline rock is compiled from literature sources to provide the input data for analyses of a conceptual repository in crystalline rock. Frequency histograms, mean values and ranges of physical, mechanical, thermal, and thermomechanical properties, and the dependence of these properties on temperature are described. A description of the hydrogeologic properties of a crystalline rock mass and their dependence on depth is provided. In addition, the temperature gradients, mean annual surface temperature, and in situ stress conditions are summarized for the three regions of the United States currently under consideration to host a crystalline repository; i.e., the North Central, Northeastern, and Southeastern. Brief descriptions of the regional geology are also presented. Large-scale underground experiments in crystalline rock at Stripa, Sweden, and in Climax Stock in Nevada, are reviewed to assess whether the rock properties presented in this report are representative of in situ conditions. The suitability of each rock property and the sufficiency of its data base are described. 110 refs., 27 figs., 4 tabs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985},
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