Acceptability of the Gasbuggy site

Technical Report · Wed Apr 12 04:00:00 EST 1967

OSTI ID:6366169

Rawson, D E; Korver, J A

Test hole GB-1, the initial exploration hole at the proposed Gasbuggy Project site, is located in Rio Arriba County, New Mex. Two hydrologic tests were made in the Ojo Alamo Sandstone: (1) in the upper part of the sandstone in the depth interval 3,475 to 3,575, with the transmissibility being 0.4 gal per day per ft; and (2) the lower part of the sandstone in the depth interval 3,575 to 3,654 ft with the transmissibility of this section 2.6 gal per day per ft. Should fracturing caused by the nuclear detonation reach the Ojo Alamo Sandstone, the low transmissibility of the sandstone would indicate that entry of water into the chimney would cause filling of the chimney at a rate estimated to be no greater than 1 ft a day.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6366169
• Report Number(s): UCID-15132
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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