Measured data from the Avery Island Site C heater test
Over the past six years, a comprehensive field testing program was conducted in the Avery Island salt mine. Three single canister heater tests were included in the testing program. Specifically, electric heaters, which simulate canisters of heat-generating nuclear waste, were placed in the floor of the Avery Island salt mine, and measurements were made of the response of the salt to heating. These tests were in operation by June, 1978. One of the three heater tests, Site C, operated for a period of 1858 days and was decommissioned during July and August, 1983. This data report presents the temperature and displacement data gathered during the operation and decommissioning of the Site C heater test. The purpose of this data report is to transmit the data to the scientific community. Rigorous analysis and interpretation of the data are considered beyond the scope of a data report. 8 refs., 21 figs., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation; RE/SPEC, Inc., Rapid City, SD (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-87CH10290; AC02-83CH10140
- OSTI ID:
- 6900290
- Report Number(s):
- BMI/ONWI/C-275; RSI-0240; ON: TI88016878
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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