Basic data report for Drillhole WIPP 14 (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - WIPP)

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:7153050

Borehole WIPP 14 is an exploratory well drilled in eastern Eddy County, New Mexico, in section 9, T22S,R31E. The borehole was drilled to a depth of 1000.0 ft measured from ground level. It penetrated, from top to bottom, 15.4 ft of Quaternary sands, 125.6 ft of the Triassic Santa Rosa Sandstone, and in the Permian strata, 497.7 ft of the Dewey Lake Red Beds, 312.9 ft of the Rustler Formation and 48.4 ft of the Upper Salado Formation. Seven hundred feet of the well were cored, at consecutive and nonconsecutive 10-ft intervals to a depth of 925.5 ft. Cuttings were collected where core was not taken. Density, gamma ray neutron and caliper logs were run the full depth of the hole. The WIPP is a demonstration facility for the disposal of transuranic (TRU) waste from defense programs. The WIPP will also provide a research facility to investigate the interactions between bedded salt and high level wastes.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); D'Appolonia Consulting Engineers, Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7153050
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-1783; ON: DE82022241
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BOREHOLES
CALIPER LOGGING
CAVITIES
FEDERAL REGION VI
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GAMMA LOGGING
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGY
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
LITHOLOGY
MANAGEMENT
NEUTRON LOGGING
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NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PILOT PLANTS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING
SALT DEPOSITS
STRATIGRAPHY
SURVEYS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
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WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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