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Title: Geohydrologic and drill-hole data for test well USW H-3, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:59673

This report presents data collected to determine the hydraulic characteristics of rocks penetrated in test well USW H-3. The well is one of a series of test wells drilled in and near the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, in a program conducted in cooperation with the US Department of Energy. These investigations are part of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations to identify suitable sites for storage of high-level radioactive wastes. Data on drilling operations, lithology, borehole geophysics, hydrologic monitoring, pumping, swabbing, and injection tests for the well are contained in this report.

Research Organization:
US Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AI08-78ET44802
OSTI ID:
59673
Report Number(s):
USGS-OFR-84-149; ON: DE84012825
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English