Open AccessMECHANICAL AND THERMAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTEREPOSITORIES IN HARD ROCK
Author(s) -
N.G.W. Cook,
P.A. Witherspoon
Publication year - 1978
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/932967
Subject(s) - radioactive waste , rock mass classification , geology , mining engineering , geotechnical engineering , engineering , waste management
This report is one of a series documenting the results of the Swedish-American cooperative research program in which the cooperating scientists explore the geological, geophysical, hydrological, geochemical, and structural effects anticipated from the use of a large crystalline rock mass as a geologic repository for nuclear waste. This paper is broken down into the following 2 parts: (1) An appraisal of hard rock for potential underground repositories of radioactive waste; and (2) In situ heating experiments in hard rock--Their objectives and design