Open AccessField Survey of Cactus Crater Storage Facility (Runit Dome)
Author(s) -
Douglas Miller,
Terence C. Holland
Publication year - 2008
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/942310
Subject(s) - national laboratory , impact crater , dome (geology) , field survey , canyon , geological survey , cactus , atoll , archaeology , geography , environmental science , engineering , geology , cartography , physics , oceanography , engineering physics , reef , ecology , paleontology , astronomy , biology
The US Department of Energy, Office of Health and Safety (DOE/HS-10), requested that National Security Technologies, LLC, Environmental Management directorate (NSTec/EM) perform a field survey of the Cactus Crater Storage Facility (Runit Dome), similar to past surveys conducted at their request. This field survey was conducted in conjunction with a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) mission on Runit Island in the Enewetak Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The survey was strictly a visual survey, backed up by digital photos and a written description of the current condition