Test plan: Air intake shaft performance tests. [Waste Isolation Pilot Plants (WIPP) project]
The Air Intake Shaft Performance in situ test (Shaft V) is a concerted effort to obtain precise information on the structural, hydrological, brine inflow, and geophysical response of the salt and the overlying strata. Using the lessons learned from the earlier shaft instrumentation and the knowledge of the requirements of long term performance assessment, a much more detailed and technically sound investigation of shaft performance can be carried out in the new Air Intake Shaft. The investigations will be conducted at numerous stations along the vertical length of the shaft, and part of the test is the structural response of the shaft itself during excavation if possible. Also the test will investigate the influence of the construction process (development of a damaged'' zone) on the near-field (up to 40 feet into the rock) hydrological characteristics of the shaft.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6576787
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/DP/00789-T284; ON: DE93012215
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
BRINES
CREEP
DAMAGE
FLUID FLOW
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HYDROLOGY
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PILOT PLANTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SALT DEPOSITS
SHAFT EXCAVATIONS
TESTING
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WIPP