Plugging and Sealing Program for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Technical Report · Wed Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6073871

Stormont, J C

This report presents the current intentions and directions of the WIPP Plugging and Sealing Program. The Plugging and Sealing Program is responsible for developing the design basis and criteria for sealing the penetrations (boreholes, shafts, and drifts) associated with the WIPP. Estimates of sealing requirements indicate that the technical requirements for sealing will not be great. Conceptual designs presented in this report call for the use of salt, cementitious materials, and clay in the form of seals (or bulkheads) and backfills. The state of knowledge and remaining technical concerns for sealing the WIPP facility are reviewed; and a program of laboratory, field, and modeling efforts to resolve these issues is described.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6073871
• Report Number(s): SAND-84-1057; ON: DE85008059
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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