Besalt Waste Isolation Program: monthly report, March 1978

Technical Report · Fri Mar 31 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6743147

Deju, R A

About 15 square miles were geologically mapped in the Pasco Basin and vicinity. Subsurface geological maps have been prepared for three stratigraphic horizons beneath the Pasco Basin. Preliminary hydrologic testing of a 400-foot interval at Core Hole DC-6 was conducted. At the end of the month, Core Hole DC-4 was at a depth of 3,000 feet, Core Hole DC-6 was at 3,143 feet, and Core Hole DC-8 was at a depth of 1,530 feet. Mechanical and thermal tests of cores from the Near-Surface Test Facility indicate that the Pomona flow has average basalt properties which vary little with location in the flow. A preliminary computer analysis of the temperatures, stresses, and displacements induced in the rock mass by the full- and time-scaled heater tests has been completed. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Atomics International Div., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
• DOE Contract Number: EY-77-C-06-1030
• OSTI ID: 6743147
• Report Number(s): RHO-BWI-78-100-MAR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BASALT
DRILL CORES
DRILLING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
IGNEOUS ROCKS
MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROCKS
STORAGE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
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WELL DRILLING