Test plan: Brine inflow and related tests in the brine inflow room (Room Q) of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
The current model for brine inflow to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) excavations is consistent with the body of existing data for brine accumulations in WIPP underground test boreholes. Values for the model parameters are also consistent with independent measurements of brine and host rock salt properties. Experiments to provide additional tests of the assumptions and parameters in the model have been proposed, and the NAS WIPP Panel has strongly encouraged these tests. The Panel particularly urged a test of brine inflow into a relatively large room with a curved vertical cross-section, arguing that the curvature may minimize loss of inflowing brine to separations or cracks that are known to develop below the flat floors of existing rectangular rooms. The brine inflow room in this test plan responds to the urging of theWIPP panel. This test plan is intended as a working document. It is a plan for measurements of brine inflow, pore pressure, humidity, gas inflow, closure, disturbed rock zone (DRZ) characteristics, and other pre- and post-test analyses in Room Q of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) experimental area.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6863201
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/DP/00789-T286; ON: DE93012217
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BRINES
FLUID FLOW
WIPP
TESTING
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
CLOSURES
EXCAVATION
GAS FLOW
HUMIDITY
PORE PRESSURE
SALT DEPOSITS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PILOT PLANTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
STORAGE
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
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