Technical support for GEIS: radioactive waste isolation in geologic formations. Volume 7. Baseline rock properties-basalt

This volume, Y/OWI/TM-36/7 Baseline Rock Properties--Basalt, is one of a 23-volume series, ''Technical Support for GEIS: Radioactive Waste Isolation in Geologic Formations, Y/OWI/TM-36'' which supplements a ''Contribution to Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement...

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Published: 2013
Subjects:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
BASALT
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
ALASKA
FUEL CYCLE
IDAHO
NEVADA
OREGON
ROCK MECHANICS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
WASHINGTON
WATER COOLED REACTORS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
REACTORS
ROCKS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WESTERN REGION
Pacific
Amchitka
Amchitka Island
Baseline Rock
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6604522
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6604522
https://doi.org/10.2172/6604522
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Summary:This volume, Y/OWI/TM-36/7 Baseline Rock Properties--Basalt, is one of a 23-volume series, ''Technical Support for GEIS: Radioactive Waste Isolation in Geologic Formations, Y/OWI/TM-36'' which supplements a ''Contribution to Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Commercial Waste Management: Radioactive Waste Isolation in Geologic Formations, Y/OWI/TM-44.'' The series provides a more complete technical basis for the preconceptual designs, resource requirements, and environmental source terms associated with isolating commercial LWR wastes in underground repositories in salt, granite, shale and basalt. Wastes are considered from three fuel cycles: uranium and plutonium recycling, no recycling of spent fuel and uranium-only recycling. This report contains an evaluation of the results of a literature survey to define the rock mass properties of a generic basalt, which could be considered as a geological medium for storing radioactive waste. The general formation and structure of basaltic rocks is described. This is followed by specific descriptions and rock property data for the Dresser Basalt, the Amchitka Island Basalt, the Nevada Test Site Basalt and the Columbia River Group Basalt. Engineering judgment has been used to derive the rock mass properties of a typical basalt from the relevant intact rock property data and the geological information pertaining to structural defects, such as joints and faults.

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