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A gas migration test in saturated, fractured rock. Final report for the Joint UKDOE/AECL Project. Phase 2

Abstract

Helium gas was injected at constant pressure into an inclined fracture zone through an access borehole at a depth of about 40 m, in the Lac du Bonnet granite, southeastern Manitoba. The gas flow rate, arrival time and pattern of distribution of gas at the surface were monitored by soil gas surveys. The field results were compared with predictions of a simple analytical model. Good agreement was found when the influence of vertical fracturing in the bedrock and a low-permeability overburden were included in the model. The model was then used to determine the hydraulic conductivity of individual gas flow paths in the fractured rock. (author).
Authors:
Gascoyne, M; Wuschke, D M; Brown, A; Hayles, J G; Kozak, E T; Lodha, G S; Thorne, G A [1] 
  1. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Pinawa, MB (Canada). Whiteshell Labs.
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1991
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
DOE-HMIP-RR-91.048
Reference Number:
SCA: 052002; PA: AIX-23:040446; SN: 92000732980
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1991
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; GEOLOGIC FRACTURES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; FIELD TESTS; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; MANITOBA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; 052002; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
OSTI ID:
10142558
Research Organizations:
Department of the Environment, London (United Kingdom). Her Majesty`s Inspectorate of Pollution
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE92628330; CNN: Contract PECD-7/9/440; TRN: GB9200740040446
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
GBN
Size:
95 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 09, 1992

Citation Formats

Gascoyne, M, Wuschke, D M, Brown, A, Hayles, J G, Kozak, E T, Lodha, G S, and Thorne, G A. A gas migration test in saturated, fractured rock. Final report for the Joint UKDOE/AECL Project. Phase 2. United Kingdom: N. p., 1991. Web.
Gascoyne, M, Wuschke, D M, Brown, A, Hayles, J G, Kozak, E T, Lodha, G S, & Thorne, G A. A gas migration test in saturated, fractured rock. Final report for the Joint UKDOE/AECL Project. Phase 2. United Kingdom.
Gascoyne, M, Wuschke, D M, Brown, A, Hayles, J G, Kozak, E T, Lodha, G S, and Thorne, G A. 1991. "A gas migration test in saturated, fractured rock. Final report for the Joint UKDOE/AECL Project. Phase 2." United Kingdom.
@misc{etde_10142558,
title = {A gas migration test in saturated, fractured rock. Final report for the Joint UKDOE/AECL Project. Phase 2}
author = {Gascoyne, M, Wuschke, D M, Brown, A, Hayles, J G, Kozak, E T, Lodha, G S, and Thorne, G A}
abstractNote = {Helium gas was injected at constant pressure into an inclined fracture zone through an access borehole at a depth of about 40 m, in the Lac du Bonnet granite, southeastern Manitoba. The gas flow rate, arrival time and pattern of distribution of gas at the surface were monitored by soil gas surveys. The field results were compared with predictions of a simple analytical model. Good agreement was found when the influence of vertical fracturing in the bedrock and a low-permeability overburden were included in the model. The model was then used to determine the hydraulic conductivity of individual gas flow paths in the fractured rock. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1991}
month = {Dec}
}