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Modeling Approach to Determine Short- and Long-Term Thermal and Thermomechanical Effects of Waste Emplacement in a Repository in Basalt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Terry F. Lehnhoff ,
K. Thirumalai  and
Alan D. Krug
Terry F. Lehnhoff
Affiliation:
University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, 65401 USA
K. Thirumalai
Affiliation:
Basalt Waste Isolation Project, Rockwell Hanford Operations, Richland, Washington, 99352 USA
Alan D. Krug
Affiliation:
Basalt Waste Isolation Project, Rockwell Hanford Operations, Richland, Washington, 99352 USA
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The Columbia River basalts, which underlie a large portion of the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America, are being investigated as one of the candidate media for a nuclear waste repository. The Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) of Rockwell Hanford Operations (Rockwell) is conducting these investigations for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Since the inception of the program in 1976, a number of studies have led to the selection of a reference repository location and the start of construction of an exploratory shaft.1-3

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 11: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management V , 1981 , 597
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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1. RHO-BWI-80–100, November 1980, Basalt Waste Isolation Project Annual Report - Fiscal Year 1980, Rockwell Hanford Operations, Richland, Washington.Google Scholar
2. RHO-BWI-C-58, October 1979, Hocking, G. and St. John, C. M., Numerical Modeling of Rock Stresses within a Basaltic Nuclear Waste Repository - Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1979, Rockwell Hanford Operations, Richland, Washington.Google Scholar
3. RHO-BWI-C-86, September 1980, Hocking, G., Williams, J. R., Boonlualhor, P., Mathews, I. and Mustoe, G., Numerical Prediction of Basalt Response for Near-Surface Test Facility Heater Tests #1 and #2, Rockwell Hanford Operations, Richland, Washington.CrossRefGoogle Scholar