Quarterly brine migration data report, January-March 1985: Nuclear waste repository simulation experiments (brine migration), Asse Mine of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Asse brine migration tests are being performed to obtain an understanding of the brine migration mechanism, to obtain data for supporting numerical models, to determine the chemical composition of the brine produced, and to determine the thermomechanical behavior of the host rock. Primary objectives of the brine migration tests are to observe the migration of water in salt at the Asse Mine; qualify the test methods and equipment for obtaining brine-migration-related data that support the validity of numerical models for potential US and FRG repository sites; observe borehole conditions such as radiolysis, corrosion, gas generation, pressure, and other synergistic effects resulting from the arrival of brine water; and observe the thermomechanical behavior of salt in the presence of heat, brine, and radiation to support and refine finite-element methods of predicting room closure and other thermomechanical behaviors of salt. This report describes the test equipment, the Asse Salt Mine, and the pretest properties of the salt in the test gallery. This report also includes test data for the first 22 months of operations on brine migration rates, borehole pressure, salt temperatures, and thermomechanical behavior of the salt. 2 refs., 120 figs., 92 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-83CH10140
- OSTI ID:
- 5989627
- Report Number(s):
- BMI/ONWI-650; ON: DE87013865
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BRINES
CASKS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
CONTAINERS
CORROSION
DESIGN
EMPLACEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EUROPE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SALT DEPOSITS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WESTERN EUROPE
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES