Deep exploratory test holes for waste repository investigations

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A significant number of deep boreholes have been drilled within the Permian Basin to investigate subsurface geologic conditions for waste storage utility. As these investigations have yet to reveal a single ''acceptable site,'' it is quite clear that many deep test holes can be expected to be drilled and several study areas ''abandoned'' before specific sites for pilot plants and/or for permanent repositories are selected. Indeed, this has been the case in the Permian Basin, and there is little reason to believe that similar patterns would not prevail for other salt deposits and even for non-saline rock formations that are … continued below

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Lomenick, T. F. September 14, 1976.

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A significant number of deep boreholes have been drilled within the Permian Basin to investigate subsurface geologic conditions for waste storage utility. As these investigations have yet to reveal a single ''acceptable site,'' it is quite clear that many deep test holes can be expected to be drilled and several study areas ''abandoned'' before specific sites for pilot plants and/or for permanent repositories are selected. Indeed, this has been the case in the Permian Basin, and there is little reason to believe that similar patterns would not prevail for other salt deposits and even for non-saline rock formations that are undergoing investigations as waste storage repositories. These time-consuming and, at times, seemingly unproductive iterations are due in part to the general lack of detailed knowledge of the important characteristics of rocks in the subsurface that can only be obtained by drilling closely-spaced boreholes within the area of interest. In addition, the long-term nature of the problem, which makes it imperative that the wastes be contained for periods of up to hundreds of thousands of years, requires an unprecendented amount of detail in the investigative work.

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Lomenick, T. F. Deep exploratory test holes for waste repository investigations, report, September 14, 1976; Tennessee. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1445996/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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