Summary of past Basalt Waste Isolation Project overviews during preliminary site characterization
The Basalt Waste Isolation Project, operated by Rockwell Hanford Operations for the US Department of Energy, is examining the feasibility and providing the technology to design and construct a geologic repository for storage of radioactive waste in basalt formations beneath the Hanford Site in south-central Washington State. Such a facility will be designed to meet the federal responsibility for custody and permanent isolation of commercial radioactive wastes in the United States. Beginning in 1976, the Basalt Waste Isolation Project External Affairs Program has included: technical overviews; formal interface between State of Washington officials and the Basalt Waste Isolation Project; active communications program to disseminate information as part of the Basalt Waste Isolation Project. This document is a summary of the technical reviews that have been conducted as part of the Basalt Waste Isolation Project External Affairs Program to date.
- Research Organization:
- Rockwell International Corp., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-77RL01030
- OSTI ID:
- 6025565
- Report Number(s):
- RHO-BW-ST-46P; ON: DE83008993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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