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Geotechnical Materials Considerations for Conceptual Repository Design in the Palo Duro Basin, Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

W. S. Versluis  and
M. A. Balderman
W. S. Versluis
Affiliation:
Battelle-ONWI, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201
M. A. Balderman
Affiliation:
Battelle-ONWI, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201
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Abstract

The Palo Duro Basin is only one of numerous potential repository locations for placement of a nuclear waste repository. Conceptual designs in the Palo Duro Basin involve considerations of the character and properties of the geologic materials found on several sites throughout the Basin. The first consideration presented includes current basin exploration results and interpretations of engineering properties for the basin geologic sequences.

The next consideration presented includes identification of the characteristics of rock taken from the geologic sequence of interest through laboratory and field testing. Values for materials properties of representative samples are obtained for input into modeling of the material response to repository placement. Conceptual designs which respond to these geotechnical considerations are discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 379
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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