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Physical simulations of cavity closure in a creeping material

Description: The finite element method has been used extensively to predict the creep closure of underground petroleum storage cavities in rock salt. Even though the numerical modeling requires many simplifying assumptions, the predictions have generally correlated with field data from instrumented wellheads, however, the field data are rather limited. To gain an insight into the behavior of three-dimensional arrays of cavities and to obtain a larger data base for the verification of analytical simulations … more
Date: September 1, 1985
Creator: Sutherland, H.J. & Preece, D.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Office of Waste Isolation progress report, December 1977

Description: This document reports progress on the OWI's portion of the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program. It comprises project reports on work performed by organizations under subcontract to OWI, by DOE contractors, by OWI consultants, and by other federal agencies participating in the NWTS program. They are made under the headings technical projects, facility projects, planning and analysis, and regulatory affairs. (DLC)
Date: January 31, 1976
Creator: Zerby, C.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FEMWATER: a finite-element model of water flow through saturated-unsaturated porous media

Description: Upon examining the Water Movement Through Saturated-Unsaturated Porous Media: A Finite-Element Galerkin Model, it was felt that the model should be modified and expanded. The modification is made in calculating the flow field in a manner consistent with the finite element approach, in evaluating the moisture-content increasing rate within the region of interest, and in numerically computing the nonlinear terms. With these modifications, the flow field is continuous everywhere in the flow regime… more
Date: October 1, 1980
Creator: Yeh, G.T. & Ward, D.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the 241-TY Tank Farm

Description: A series of maps have been compiled to document the structure and stratigraphy of the sediments underlying the high-level radioactive waste storage tank farms located within the ERDA Hanford Reservation. The primary purpose of these maps is to provide basic geologic information to be utilized to evaluate the impact of suspected and confirmed tank leaks.
Date: April 1, 1976
Creator: Price, W. H. & Fecht, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Office of Waste Isolation progress report, January 1978

Description: This document, prepared to report progress on the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program, consists of project reports on work performed by organizations under subcontract to OWI, by DOE contractors, by OWI consultants, and by other federal agencies participating in the NWTS program. The project reports are made under the headings technical projects, facility projects, planning and analysis, and regulatory affairs. (DLC)
Date: February 28, 1978
Creator: Zerby, C.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prediction of temperature increases in a salt repository expected from the storage of spent fuel or high-level waste

Description: Comparisons in temperature increases incurred from hypothetical storage of 133 MW of 10-year-old spent fuel (SF) or high-level waste (HLW) in underground salt formations have been made using the HEATING5 computer code. The comparisons are based on far-field homogenized models that cover areas of 65 and 25 sq miles for SF and HLW, respectively, and near-field unit-cell models covering respective areas of 610 ft/sup 2/ and 400 ft/sup 2/. Preliminary comparisons based on heat loads of 150 kW/acre … more
Date: April 1, 1978
Creator: Llewellyn, G.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the 241-S Tank Farm

Description: A series of maps have been compiled to document the structure and stratigraphy of the sediments underlying the high-level radioactive waste storage tank farms located within the Energy Research and Development Administration Hanford Reservation. The primary purpose of these maps is to provide basic geologic information to be utilized to evaluate the impact of suspected and confirmed tank leaks.
Date: April 1, 1976
Creator: Price, W. H. & Fecht, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recommended new criteria for the selection of nuclear waste repository sites in Columbia River basalt and US Gulf Coast domed salt

Description: Screening criteria and specifications are recommended to aid in the evaluation of sites proposed for nuclear waste disposal in basalt and domed salt. The recommended new criteria proposed in this report are intended to supplement existing repository-related criteria for nuclear waste disposal. The existing criteria are contained in 10 CFR 60 sections which define siting criteria of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and ONWI 33(2) which defines siting criteria of the Office of Nuclear Was… more
Date: June 16, 1980
Creator: Steinborn, T.L.; Wagoner, J.L.; Qualheim, B.; Fitts, C.R.; Stetkar, R.E. & Turnbull, R.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the 241-C Tank Farm

Description: A series of maps have been compiled to document the structure and stratigraphy of the sediments underlying the high-level radioactive waste storage tank farms located within the Energy Research and Development Administration Hanford Reservation. The primary purpose of these maps is to provide basic geologic information to be utilized to evaluate the impact of suspected and confirmed tank leaks.
Date: April 1, 1976
Creator: Price, W. H. & Fecht, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annotated bibliography: hazard assessments for the geologic isolation of nuclear wastes. Final report. Center for Resource and Environmental Systems Studies report No. 41

Description: This report presents an annotated bibliography of risk assessments that are pertinent to constructing, operating, and decommissioning a federal repository for the underground storage of radioactive waste. This might be considered as a first phase in an assessment of the risks associated with radioactive waste storage. Only those documents judged to be the more pertinent are abstracted. The abstracts are grouped under 13 classifications. A subject and author index is provided.
Date: November 1, 1977
Creator: Suta, B.E.; Mara, S.J.; Radding, S.B. & Weisbecker, L.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the 241-TX Tank Farm

Description: A series of maps have been compiled to document the structure and stratigraphy of the sediments underlying the high-level radioactive waste storage tank farms located within the Energy Research and Development Administration Hanford Reservation. The primary purpose of these maps is to provide basic geologic information to be utilized to evaluate the impact of suspected and confirmed tank leaks.
Date: April 1, 1976
Creator: Price, W. H. & Fecht, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Generalized geology of the 241-SY Tank Farm

Description: A series of maps has been compiled to document the structure and stratigraphy of the sediments underlying the high-level radioactive waste storage tank farms located within the Energy Research and Development Administration Hanford Reservation. The primary purpose of these maps is to provide the basic geologic information to be utilized to evaluate the impact of suspected and confirmed tank leaks.
Date: April 1, 1976
Creator: Price, W. H. & Fecht, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Assessment of Effectiveness of Geologic Isolation Systems: A Short Description of the AEGIS Approach

Description: To meet licensing criteria and protection standards for HLW disposal, research programs are in progress to determine acceptable waste forms, canisters, backfill materials for the repository, and geological formations. Methods must be developed to evaluate the effectiveness of the total system. To meet this need, methods are being developed to assess the long-term effectiveness of isolating nuclear wastes in geologic formations. This work was started in 1976 in the Waste Isolation Safety Assessm… more
Date: September 1, 1980
Creator: Silviera, D. J.; Harwell, M. A.; Napier, B. A.; Zellmer, J. T. & Benson, G. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology of the 241-U Tank Farm

Description: A series of maps has been compiled to document the structure and stratigraphy of the sediments underlying the high-level radioactive waste storage tank farms located within the Energy Research and Development Administration Hanford Reservation. The primary purpose of these maps is to provide basic geologic information to be utilized to evaluate the impact of suspected and confirmed tank leaks.
Date: April 1, 1976
Creator: Price, W. H. & Fecht, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Potential for using a six-phase alternating current power supply system for in situ vitrification

Description: In situ vitrification (ISV) has been identified as a potential treatment technology for stabilizing underground tanks at Hanford and other US Department of Energy (DOE) sites. A key requirement for this application is an electrical system that can supply the power needed to vitrify a tank in a single setting. This paper describes an engineering-scale test conducted at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) to assess the efficiency of a six-electrode, six-phase energy supply system in melting so… more
Date: September 1, 1991
Creator: Richardson, R.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Archaeological mounds as analogs of engineered covers for waste disposal sites: Literature review and progress report. [Appendix contains bibliography and data on archaeological mounds]

Description: Closure caps for low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities are typically designed as layered earthen structures, the composition of which is intended to prevent the infiltration of water and the intrusion of the public into waste forms. Federal regulations require that closure caps perform these functions well enough that minimum exposure guidelines will be met for at least 500 years. Short-term experimentation cannot mimic the conditions that will affect closure caps on the scale of cent… more
Date: September 1, 1991
Creator: Chatters, J. C. & Gard, H. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An experimental study of the response of the Galesville sandstone to simulated CAES conditions

Description: The objective of this experimental study was to determine how the mineralogical and physical characteristics of host rock formations are affected by environmental conditions anticipated for compressed air energy storage (CAES) in porous, permeable rock. In this study, Galesville sandstone cores were reacted in autoclave pressure vessels supporting one of four environments: dry air; heated, air-water vapor; heated, nitrogen-water vapor mixtures; and heated, compressed, liquid water. The simulate… more
Date: July 1, 1980
Creator: Erikson, R. L.; Stottlemyre, J. A. & Smith, R. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of tailored ceramics for geologic storage of nuclear wastes. Quarterly progress report, January 1-March 31, 1980

Description: In the second quarter of activities on developing Tailored Ceramic waste forms for SRP waste compositions, emphasis was on the chemistry controlling the incorporation of the waste elements into the crystalline phases of the high-alumina content ceramic and the major factors affecting the consolidation process. Research on the design and synthesis of oxide and phosphate ceramic waste forms has continued with emphasis on fluorite-structure oxides and on rare earth phosphates with the monazite str… more
Date: May 15, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Underground Energy Storage Program. 1984 annual summary

Description: Underground Energy Storage (UES) Program activities during the period from April 1984 through March 1985 are briefly described. Primary activities in seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) involved field testing of high-temperature (>100/sup 0/C (212/sup 0/F)) aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) at St. Paul, laboratory studies of geochemical issues associated with high-temperatures ATES, monitoring of chill ATES facilities in Tuscaloosa, and STES linked with solar energy collection. The scope… more
Date: June 1, 1985
Creator: Kannberg, L.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Studies for geologic storage of radioactive waste in the southeast. [National waste terminal storage program; SRL]

Description: The National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program was initiated to conduct the research necessary to select a site for a geologic repository for the storage of high-level, solidified radioactive waste from commercial power reactors. The program also includes the design and construction of the facility and its operation once completed. As part of this program, the Savannah River Laboratory is conducting geological research that is particularly relevant to potential repository sites in the South… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Marine, I. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transient, radial temperature distribution in a porous medium during fluid injection

Description: Analytical and numerical solutions are presented for the transient, radial temperature distribution in a porous medium which is subjected to a constant-rate injection of an incompressible fluid from a wellbore. The formulation includes energy transfer by conduction and convection, and the Danckwerts boundary condition is applied at the finite-radius wellbore. At late times, the numerical solutions approach a self-similar form which can be described in terms of the incomplete Gamma function. In … more
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Dunn, J. C. & Nilson, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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