Besalt Waste Isolation Program. Monthly report, April 1978
Mapping of Late Cenozoic sediments and underlying basalt continued. Geologic maps covering 100 square miles in the Umtanum Ridge/Saddle Mountain area of the Western Pasco Basin were completed. Drilling operations were conducted in three locations during the month. A testing report on the mechanical and thermal properties of the Pomona basalt flow was completed. A program for borehole plugging for Hanford was written. Reconnaissance hydrothermal experiments have been completed utilizing waste/basalt mixtures. Some high-temperature equilibrium experiments using basalt and a simulated ground water composition have been completed. Design of the full- and time-scale heater tests for the Near-Surface Test Facility was also completed. Final design revisions were accomplished on the tunnels and excavations document for the Near-Surface Test Facility. (DLC)
- Research Organization:
- Atomics International Div., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-77-C-06-1030
- OSTI ID:
- 6723478
- Report Number(s):
- RHO-BWI-78-100-APR
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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