National Waste Terminal Storage Program. Progress report, May 1977

Technical Report · Thu Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:60216

Asher, J M ^[1]

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1. ed.

Status reports are given on the following studies: Gulf Coast salt domes; East Coast Triassic Shale Basin and Gulf Coast clays; volcanic rocks; crystalline rocks; Pierre shale; geologic studies at the Nevada Test Site; heat transfer/thermal analysis; waste/rock interaction; rock mechanics; borehole plugging; safety and reliability studies, shale and clay mineral studies; and data management. Engineering projects reported on include shale in-situ tests, dome salt in-situ tests, cooperative field testing in Sweden, and Nevada Test Site in-situ tests. Design studies of canister transporter, canister emplacement hole drilling, cask scoping study, and SNM assay and accountability. Progress in conceptual design of NWTS repositories 1 and 2 is discussed. Status of the planning and analysis project is given. (LK)

• Research Organization: Union Carbide Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Office of Waste Isolation
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 60216
• Report Number(s): Y/OWI/TM--45/8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
BOREHOLES
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROCK MECHANICS
SALT DEPOSITS
SHALES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
VOLCANIC ROCKS
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