Geomechanics for an Underground Physics Laboratory in Alluvium

• Main Authors: Heuze, F, Rees, D, Swift, R, Zipf, K
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 42 ENGINEERING; 58 GEOSCIENCES; CLOSURES; CONTRACTORS; CREEP; DEFORMATION; DIMENSIONS; EXTENSOMETERS; FASTENERS; METERS; MINERS; MINING; NEVADA TEST SITE; OPENINGS; PHYSICS; ROCK MECHANICS; SIMULATION; Long Rock; Ula
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15007517; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15007517

The Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) and Los Alamos (LANL) National Laboratories of the U.S. Department of Energy perform high-energy physics experiments in an underground mine, the Ula complex, at the Nevada Test Site. The mine-operating contractor is Bechtel Nevada Corporation (BN). The peculiarity of th...