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Work plan for removal of Division of Military Application equipment, 234-5 Z Building

The work plan for removal and burial of fabrication equipment used for the fabrication of plutonium weapon components from 1949 to 1965 is outlined. (JSR)

Date: April 26, 1974

Creator: Johnson, H.E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Thermal convection at low Rayleigh number from concentrated sources in porous media

A simple mathematical theory is proposed for the analysis of natural convective motion, at low Rayleigh number, from a concentrated source of heat in a fluid-saturated porous medium. The theory consists of retaining only the leading terms of series expansions of the dependent variables in terms of the Rayleigh number, is thus linear, and is valid only in the limit of small Rayleigh number. Based on fundamental results for a variety of isolated sources, superposition is used to provide solutions… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Hickox, C. E.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Site locality identification study: Hanford Site. Volume II. Data cataloging

Data compilation and cataloging for the candidate site locality identification study were conducted in order to provide a retrievable data cataloging system for the present siting study and future site evaluation and licensng processes. This task occurred concurrently with and also independently of other tasks of the candidate site locality identification study. Work in this task provided the data utilized primarily in the development and application of screening and ranking processes to identi… more

Date: July 1, 1980

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Report on geologic exploration activities

This report provides an overview of the geological exploration activities being carried out as part of the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) Program, which has been established by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop the technology and provide the facilities for the safe, environmentally acceptable isolation of civilian high-level and transuranic nuclear wastes, including spent fuel elements, for which the Federal government is reponsible. The principal programmatic emphasis is on … more

Date: January 1, 1980

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Study of rock-water-nuclear waste interactions in the Pasco Basin, Washington. Part I. Distribution and composition of secondary and primary mineral phases in basalts of the Pasco Basin, Washington

In Part I of this report the results of Task III are presented and discussed. The subject of Task III is the study and identification of secondary and primary mineral assemblages in basalts of the Pasco Basin of southeastern Washington. In particular, we have determined the relative amounts, crystallization sequence, and compositions of secondary minerals found lining vesicle and fracture surfaces. This information, together with data on the chemical composition of primary minerals and the exte… more

Date: September 1, 1979

Creator: Benson, L. V. & Teague, L. S.

Item Type: Report

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

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.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Seismic velocities and attenuation in an underground granitic waste repository subjected to heating

The behavior of a granitic rock mass subjected to thermal load has been studied by an acoustic cross-hole technique between four boreholes, over a period of some two years. Velocities between boreholes were obtained from the times-of-flight of pulses of acoustic waves between transducers clamped to the borehole wall. The attenuation was obtained by a spectral ratios technique. When the heater was turned on, the velocities increased rapidly to an asymptotic value. When the heater was turned off,… more

Date: March 1, 1984

Creator: Paulsson, B.N.P. & King, M.S.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Disposal of spent fuel

Based on preliminary analyses, spent fuel assemblies are an acceptable form for waste disposal. The following studies appear necessary to bring our knowledge of spent fuel as a final disposal form to a level comparable with that of the solidified wastes from reprocessing: 1. A complete systems analysis is needed of spent fuel disposition from reactor discharge to final isolation in a repository. 2. Since it appears desirable to encase the spent fuel assembly in a metal canister, candidate mater… more

Date: January 1, 1978

Creator: Blomeke, J. O.; Ferguson, D. E. & Croff, A. G.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Basalt nuclear-waste repository remote sensing using electromagnetic techniques

The electromagnetic permittivity and attenuation rate of basalt, from the Near Surface Test Facility of the Basalt Waste Isolation Project at Hanford, Washington, have been measured in the laboratory as a function of water content at frequencies from 25 MHz to 1000 MHz. Both the permittivity and the attenuation rate are strongly related to water content of basalt in this frequency range. Completely dehydrated, the rock has a frequency-independent relative permittivity of about 8 and attenuation… more

Date: January 1, 1984

Creator: Daily, W.D. & Buettner, H.M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Borehole-inclusion stressmeter measurements in bedded salt

Sandia purchased borehole-inclusion stressmeters from a commercial supplier to measure in situ stress changes in bedded salt. However, the supplied stressmeters were difficult to set in place and gave erratic results in bedded salt. These problems were overcome with a new extended platen design. Also a straingaged transducer was designed which can be read with a conventional data logger. Due to the nonlinear behavior of bedded salt under uniaxial loading, a new empirical calibration scheme was … more

Date: July 1, 1980

Creator: Cook, C.W. & Ames, E.S.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Geotechnical Properties of Sediments From North Pacific and Northern Bermuda Rise

Studies of geotechnical properties for the Sub-seabed Disposal Program have been oriented toward sediment characterization related to effectiveness as a containment media and determination of detailed engineering behavior. Consolidation tests of the deeper samples in the North Pacific clays indicate that the sediment column is normally consolidated. The in-situ coefficient of permeability (k) within the cored depth of 25 meters is relatively constant at 10/sup -7/ cm/sec. Consolidated undrained… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Silva, A. J.; Laine, E. P.; Lipkin, J.; Heath, G. R. & Akers, S. A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Mid-Plate, Mid-Gyre Seabed Assessment Program for Nuclear Waste Disposal. Final Report

Status of the following tasks is reported: acoustic experiments for lateral and vertical consistency determinations; design, fabricate, and interface core launch and recovery system for C. S. LONG LINES; field test Giant Piston Core (GPC) on Bermuda Rise with LONG LINES, summer of 1976; GPC cruise to MPG-1 in October 1976; core sample analysis and data synthesis for vertical consistency; and acoustic mapping of MPG-1 for horizontal consistency. (LK)

Date: January 1, 1976

Creator: Hollister, C. D.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Evapotranspiration studies for protective barriers: FY 1990 status report

Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) and Westinghouse Hanford Company (Westinghouse Hanford) are working together to develop for the US Department of Energy (DOE) protective barriers for the near-surface disposal of hazardous waste at the Hanford Site. The proposed barrier design consists of a layer of fine-textured soil overlying a series of layers grading from sand to basalt riprap. A multiyear research program is being conducted to assess the long-term performance of barrier configurations in … more

Date: May 1, 1992

Creator: Link, S.O.; Downs, J.L.; Thiede, M.E.; Lettau, D.J.; Twaddell, T.R. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)) & Black, R.A. (Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States))

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Basic data report for drillhole WIPP 30 (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - WIPP)

WIPP 30 was drilled in east-central Eddy County, New Mexico, in NW 1/4, Sec. 33, T21S, R31E, to obtain drill core for the study of dissolution of near-surface rocks. The borehole encountered from top to bottom, the Dewey Lake Red Beds (449' including artificial fill for drill pad), Rustler Formation (299'), and the upper 160' of the Salado Formation. Continuous core was cut from the surface to total depth. Geophysical logs were taken the full length of the borehole to measure acoustic velocitie… more

Date: April 1, 1980

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Preliminary report on fluid inclusions from halites in the Castile and lower Salado formations of the Delaware Basin, southeastern New Mexico. [Freezing-point depression]

A suite of samples composed primarily of halite from the upper Castile and lower Salado Formations of the Permian Basin was selected from Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) core for a reconnaissance study of fluid inclusions. Volume percent of these trapped fluids averaged 0.7% to 1%. Freezing-point depressions varied widely and appeared to be unrelated to fluid-inclusion type, to sedimentary facies, or to stratigraphic depth. However, because very low freezing points were usually associated wi… more

Date: September 1, 1985

Creator: Stein, C. L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Thermoelastic capabilities for the SANDIA--BMINES program

The capability for simulating the thermoelastic behavior of geologic media has been added to the SANDIA-BMINES finite element code. The equations governing the response of a continuum to a known temperature field are delineated in this report. In addition, the specifics of the implementation of the continuum equations into the existing finite element program are described. Finally, the results of validation studies performed to assess the accuracy of the modified program are presentd along with… more

Date: February 1, 1978

Creator: Tillerson, J.R. & Madsen, M.M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Mass transfer and transport in a geologic environment

This report is in a continuing series of reports that present analytic solutions for the dissolution and hydrogeologic transport of radionuclides from geologic repositories of nuclear waste. Previous reports have dealt mainly with radionuclide transport in the far-field, away from the effects of the repository. In the present report, the emphasis is on near-field processes, the transfer and transport of radionuclides in the vicinity of the waste packages. The primary tool used in these analyses… more

Date: April 1, 1985

Creator: Chambre, P. L.; Pigford, T. H.; Lee, W. W. L.; Ahn, J.; Kajiwara, S.; Kim, C. L. et al.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Underground radioactive materials in 100-H and F plants

At 100-H Area there are 13 locations and at 100-F Area 16 locations where radioactive material was deposited underground. Five of these locations, 2 at 100-H and 3 at 100-F, have been permanently terminated as burial sites in compliance with Radiation Control Standards. They contain solid waste with significant quantities of long-life radionuclides. Burial locations within the 105 Building exclusion fences were not marked with permanent posts as the exclusion fences are sufficient marking for s… more

Date: October 29, 1965

Creator: Herman, G. Jr.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Uncertainty analysis

An evaluation is made of the suitability of analytical and statistical sampling methods for making uncertainty analyses. The adjoint method is found to be well-suited for obtaining sensitivity coefficients for computer programs involving large numbers of equations and input parameters. For this purpose the Latin Hypercube Sampling method is found to be inferior to conventional experimental designs. The Latin hypercube method can be used to estimate output probability density functions, but requ… more

Date: March 1, 1982

Creator: Thomas, R.E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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PORPST: A statistical postprocessor for the PORMC computer code

This report describes the theory underlying the PORPST code and gives details for using the code. The PORPST code is designed to do statistical postprocessing on files written by the PORMC computer code. The data written by PORMC are summarized in terms of means, variances, standard deviations, or statistical distributions. In addition, the PORPST code provides for plotting of the results, either internal to the code or through use of the CONTOUR3 postprocessor. Section 2.0 discusses the mathem… more

Date: June 1, 1991

Creator: Eslinger, P.W. & Didier, B.T. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States))

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Review of proposed formats for safety analysis reports for radioactive waste repositories in deep geologic formations. Final report

Two proposed Safety Analysis Report format outlines for submission to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for approval of federal repositories for terminal storage of radioactive wastes were reviewed and comments developed in light of past nuclear licensing experiences and current Regulatory Guides. It was concluded that an SAR format and content guide can be developed within the fundamental framework of Regulatory Guide 3.26 by the incorporation of some additional salient features. Further revis… more

Date: September 1, 1977

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Inverse problem in radionuclide transport

The disposal of radioactive waste must comply with the performance objectives set forth in 10 CFR 61 for low-level waste (LLW) and 10 CFR 60 for high-level waste (HLW). To determine probable compliance, the proposed disposal system can be modeled to predict its performance. One of the difficulties encountered in such a study is modeling the migration of radionuclides through a complex geologic medium for the long term. Although many radionuclide transport models exist in the literature, the acc… more

Date: January 1, 1988

Creator: Yu, C.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Storage of spent fuel from the nation's nuclear reactors: Status, technology, and policy options

Since the beginning of the commercial nuclear electric power industry, it has been recognized that spent nuclear reactor fuel must be able to be readily removed from the reactor vessel in the plant and safely stored on-site. The need for adjacent ready storage is first for safety. In the event of an emergency, or necessary maintenance that requires the removal of irradiated fuel from the reactor vessel, cooled reserve storage capacity for the full amount of fuel from the reactor core must be av… more

Date: October 1, 1989

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Sediment mechanical response due to emplacement of a waste canister

Preliminary studies have been conducted to determine the interaction between a waste canister and seabed sediment during and after emplacement. Empirical and approximate methods for determining the depth reached by a freefall penetrator indicate that a boosted penetrator emplacement method may be necessary. Hole closure is necessary, but has not been verified because calculations and laboratory experiments show sensitivity to boundary conditions which control the degree of dynamic hole closure.… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Karnes, C. H.; Dawson, P. R.; Silva, A. J. & Brown, W. T.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department