Minutes of the first, second, and third meeting of the Panel for Continuing Review and Assessment of the ORNL Hydrofracture Technique (WMPORMOD), August 6--7, 1985; November 5-6, 1985; October 6, 1986, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee: [Quarterly progress report, October--December 22, 1986]

The open session began at 0945 with a brief discussion by Dr. Steven H. Stow of desirable clarifications in several areas of the text appearing in chapter 9 of the Management of Radioactive Waste at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: A Technical Review (National Academy Press, 1985). The ORNL staff points were well taken, and generally consistent with the understandings of the panel members who had drafted the report sections. Material was then presented by ORNL staff included Review of information collected since the October 1984 briefing, Plans for Deep Monitoring Well Groundwater Sampling and Monitoring, Plans for the Knox Reconnaissance Well, Waste Sampling and Analysis, Regulatory Interfaces and the Permitting Process, and Alternatives to Hydrofracture. Each of the presentations was summarized in a handout