Open AccessHAVARTI containment data report
Author(s) -
T. Stubbs,
R. Heinle
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/620996
Subject(s) - containment (computer programming) , detonation , geology , test site , paleozoic , seismology , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , geochemistry , archaeology , geography , explosive material , computer science , programming language
The HAVARTI event was detonated in hole U10bg of the Nevada Test Site. The HAVARTI device had a depth-of-burial of 200 m in the Tunnel Bed tuffs of area 10, about 280 m above the Paleozoic formation and 330 m above the standing water level. Stemming of the 2.44 m diameter emplacement hole is described. A log of the stemming operations was maintained by Holmes & Narver). Detonation time was 06:41 PDT on August 5 1981. At a depth of 149 m there was an indication of subsurface collapse occurring 1780 s after detonation. No radiation arrivals were detected above ground and the HAVARTI containment was considered successful