Open AccessNTS terminal waste storage. Monthly technical status report
Publication year - 1978
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/59808
Subject(s) - syncline , drill hole , drill , geology , test site , radioactive waste , block (permutation group theory) , ridge , mining engineering , calibration , hydrology (agriculture) , structural basin , engineering , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , waste management , mechanical engineering , statistics , geometry , mathematics
The interim draft report containing the first stage of CSC`s work on prediction of subsurface ground motion was completed. Twenty-four stations of the seismic monitoring network are now operational. The location for the first exploratory hole in Calico Hills was changed based on interpretation of magnetic and electrical geophysical data. Two core holes were completed in the Climax Stock in the Pile Driver tunnel complex. Drilling on the first exploratory hole at Yucca Mountain commenced on July 30, 1978. Field reconnaissance of granitic rocks in southern Nevada continued, including locations in Esmeralda, Nye, and White Pine Counties. The modeling of the Eleana Heater Experiment showed good agreement with field temperature data for conduction energy transfer. A rough draft of the tuff scoping report was completed. Review of the LASL quality program plan for their activities on the NTS Terminal Waste Storage Program was completed by Sandia Quality Assurance. A geological reconnaissance of the region near the Yucca Mountain drill site suggested a high probability that large, reasonably unfaulted blocks of tuff exist in the area