Published 1988 | Version v1
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Application of rock melting to construction of storage holes for nuclear waste

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Description

Rock melting technology can provide in-situ glass liners in nuclear waste package emplacement holes to reduce permeability and increase borehole stability. Reduction of permeability would reduce the time and probability of groundwater contacting the waste packages. Increasing the stability of the storage boreholes would enhance the retrievability of the nuclear waste packages. The rock melting hole forming technology has already been tested in volcanic tuff similar to the geology at the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. 6 refs., 5 figs., 2 tabs

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01 - OSTI; 1 as DE89003603.

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Imprint Pagination
3 p.
Report number
LA-UR--88-3961

Conference

Title
Annual meeting and exhibit of the Society of Mining Engineers, Inc.
Dates
27 Feb - 2 Mar 1989.
Place
Las Vegas, NV (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20037999
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
BOREHOLES; EVALUATION; FLOW RATE; GLASS; GROUND WATER; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; IN-SITU PROCESSING; LEACHING; LINERS; MELTING; MINIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POSITIONING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT
Descriptors DEC
CAVITIES; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; ORE PROCESSING; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; POLAR SOLVENTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLVENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES; WATER

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Notes
Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products.
Secondary number(s)
CONF-890238--1.