Open AccessWaste isolation projects, FY 1977
Author(s) -
L.D. Ramspott
Publication year - 1978
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/59190
Subject(s) - test site , license , radioactive waste , environmental science , groundwater , geology , mining engineering , waste management , geotechnical engineering , engineering , political science , law
The technology and data base required to license a nuclear repository in a crystalline rock medium, located at or near the Nevada Test Site are being developed. The program consists of three related project areas: field and laboratory studies of the availability and migration of radionuclides in ground water; thermomechanical response of granite, through heater tests at the Climax stock of the Nevada Test Site; and laboratory measurements of physical properties of rocks at elevated temperatures and pressures, including physical/chemical factors that inhibit water transport in deep silicate rocks. Work accomplished in these areas is report. (LK