Waste Disposal, Radioactive

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• Brodzinski, R.L., and Hensley, W.K., 1983, Well Logging instrumentation for the in situ determination of 90Sr, tritium, and transuranics: Pacific Northwest Laboratory, issued by U.S. Department of Commerce, 20 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report PNL-SA-10698.]



• Brown, R.E., and Raymond, J.R., 1961, The measurement of Hanford's geohydrologic features affecting waste disposal: Richland, Wash., General Electric Company, Hanford Laboratories Report HW-SA-2260, 21 p.



• Burgus, W.H., and Maestas, S.E., 1976, The 1975 RWMC core drilling program, a further investigation of subsurface radioactivity at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory: U.S. Department of Commerce, 36 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report IDO--10065.]



• Craig, R.W., and Johnson, K.A., 1984, Geohydrologic data for test well UE-25p#1, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-450, 63 p.



• Craig, R.W., and Robison, J.H., 1984, Geohydrology of rocks penetrated by test well UE-25p#1, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4248, 57 p.



• Czarnecki, J.B., and Waddell, R.K., 1984, Finite-element simulation of ground-water flow in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada-California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4349, 38 p.



• Davison, C.C., Keys, W.S., and Paillet, F.L., 1982, Use of borehole- geophysical logs and hydrologic tests to characterize crystalline rock for nuclear-waste storage, Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Manitoba, and Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory, Ontario, Canada: U.S. Department of Energy Report ONWI-418, 103 p.



• _____1984, The use of borehole geophysical logs and hydrologic tests to characterize plutonic rock for nuclear fuel waste disposal: Pinawa, Manitoba, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Paper AECL-7810, 81 p.



• de Laguna, Wallace, 1970, Radioactive waste disposal by hydraulic fracturing: Nuclear Safety, v. 11, no. 5, p. 391-400.



• Eggers, D.E., 1976, The application of borehole geophysics to the selection and monitoring of nuclear waste disposal sites: U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, 17th, Snowbird, Utah, 1976, Proceedings, p. 4B3/1-7.



• Elders, W.A., and Cohen, L.H., 1983, The Salton Sea geothermal field, California, as a near-field natural analog of a radioactive waste repository in salt: Riverside, Calif., University of California, 144 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report BMI/ONWI-513.]



• Erickson, J.R., and Waddell, R.K., 1985, Identification and characterization of hydrologic properties of fractured tuff using hydraulic and tracer tests--test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4066, 30 p.



• Green, A.G., and Mair, J.A., 1983, Subhorizontal fractures in a granitic pluton--Their detection and implications for radioactive waste disposal: Geophysics, v. 48, no. 11, p. 1428-1449.



• Grisak, G.E., and Jackson, R.E., 1978, An appraisal of hydrogeological processes involved in shallow subsurface radioactive waste management in Canadian terrain: Ottawa, Canada, Inland Waters Directorate, Water Resources Branch Scientific Series no. 84, 194 p.



• Herzig, C.T., and Mehegan, J.M., 1986, Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project California state 2-14 well core summaries: Riverside, Calif., University of California, v. 2, 45 p.



• Horan, J.R., Wehman, George, and Schmalz, B.L., 1962, Experience in site selection at the National Reactor Testing Station, USA: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, 36 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report IDO-12012.]



• Jones, P.H., 1961, Geophysical research at the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Conference on Ground Disposal of Radioactive Wastes, 2d, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, 14 p.



• Jones, P.H., and Schmalz, B.L., 1962, Distribution of radionuclides in ground water at the National Reactor Testing Station with particular reference to tritium: American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, 43d, Washington D.C., p.1-24.



• Keys, W.S., and Brown, R.F., 1973, Role of borehole geophysics in underground waste storage and artificial recharge, in Braunstein, Jules, ed., Underground Waste Management and Artificial Recharge: Symposium on Underground Waste Management and Artificial Recharge, 2d, New Orleans, La., 1973, Proceedings, p. 147-191.



• Keys, W.S., Eggers, D.E., and Taylor, T.A., 1979, Borehole geophysics as applied to the management of radioactive waste--Site selection and monitoring, in Carter, M. W., Moghissi, A.A., and Kahn, Bernd, eds., Management of Low-level Radioactive Waste: New York, Pergamon Press, v. 2, p. 955-982.



• Lahoud, R.G., Lobmeyer, D.H., and Whitfield, M.S., Jr., 1984, Geohydrology of volcanic tuff penetrated by test well UE-25b#1, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4253, 44 p.



• Lilje, Anneliese, and Mehegan, J.M., eds., 1986, Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project California state 2-14 well core summaries: Riverside, Calif., University of California, v. 1, 33 p.



• Martin, C.D., 1990, Characterizing in situ stress domains at the AECL Under- ground Research Laboratory: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, v. 27, p. 631-646.



• Mehegan, J.M., Herzig, C.T., and Sullivan, R.M., eds., 1986, Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project California state 2-14 well visual core descriptions: Riverside, Calif., University of California, v. 1, 221 p.



• Menninga, C., and Brodzinski, R.L., 1981, A design manual for a well-logging probe capable of measuring tritium: Pacific Northwest Laboratory, issued by U.S. Department of Commerce, 12 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report PNL-4069.]



• Morris, D.A., Barraclough, J.T., Chase, G.H., Teasdale, W.E., and Jensen, R.G., 1964, Hydrology of subsurface waste disposal, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho--Annual progress report: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 147 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report IDO-22047-USGS.]



• Muramoto, F.S., and Elders, W.A., 1984, Correlation of wireline log characteristics with hydrothermal alteration and other reservoir properties of the Salton Sea and Westmoreland geothermal fields, Imperial Valley, California, USA: Los Alamos, New Mex., Los Alamos National Laboratory, 100 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report LA-10128-MS.]



• Nace, R.L., Voegeli, P.T., Jones, J.J., and Deutsch, Morris, 1975, Generalized geologic framework of the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 725-B, p. B1-B49.



• Nelson, P.H., Magnusson, K.A., and Rachiele, R., 1982, Application of borehole geophysics at an experimental waste disposal site: Geophysical Prospecting, v. 30, no. 6, p. 910-934.



• Nelson, P.H., Muller, D.C., Schimschal, Ulrich, and Kibler, J.E., 1991, Geophysical logs and core measurements from forty boreholes at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Geophysical Investigations Map GP-1001.



• Olmsted, F.H., 1962, Chemical and physical character of ground water in the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 81 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report IDO-22043-USGS.]



• Papadopulos, S.S., and Winograd, I.J., 1974, Storage of low-level radioactive wastes in the ground--Hydrogeologic and hydrochemical factors: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 49 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report EPA-520/3-74-009.]



• Pickett, G.R., 1968, Properties of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal disposal reservoir and their relation to Derby earthquakes, in Geophysical and geological studies of the relationships between the Denver earthquake and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal well, pt A: Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, v. 63, no. 1, p. 73-100.



• Robison, J.H., 1984, Ground-water level data and preliminary potentiometric-surface maps, Yucca Mountain and vicinity, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4197, 8 p.



• Ross, H.P., and Forsgren, C.K., 1992, Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project a summary of drilling and engineering activities and scientific results: Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah Research Institute, 185 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report DOE/CE-12429-H1.]



• Rush, F.E., Thordarson, William, and Pyles, D.G., 1984, Geohydrology of test well USW H-1, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4032, 56 p.



• Schmalz, B.L., and Keys, W.S., 1962, Retention and migration of radioactive isotopes in the lithosphere at the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 26 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report IDO-12026.]



• Smedes, H.W., 1980, Rationale for geologic isolation of high-level radioactive waste, and assessment of the suitability of crystalline rocks: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1065, 57 p.



• Sun, R.J., and Mongan, C.E., 1974, Hydraulic fracturing in shale at West Valley, New York--A study of bedding plane fractures induced in shale for waste disposal: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 74-365, 152 p.



• Thomas, M.D., and Hayles, J.G., 1988, A review of geophysical investigations at the site of Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Ontario: Geological Survey of Canada, Commission geologique du Canada Paper 88-13, 29 p.



• Thordarson, William, 1983, Geohydrologic data and test results from well J-13, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4171, 57 p.



• Thordarson, William, Rush, F.E., and Waddell, S.J., 1985, Geohydrology of test well USW H-3, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4272, 38 p.



• U.S. Geological Survey, 1962, Hydrology of waste disposal, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho--Annual progress report: U.S. Department of Commerce, 99 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report IDO-22044-USGS.]



• Waddell, R.K., Jr., 1985, Hydrologic and drill-hole data for test wells UE-29a#1 and UE-29a#2, Fortymile Canyon, Nevada Test Site: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-142, 25 p.



• Weeks, E.P., and Wilson, W.E., 1984, Preliminary evaluation of hydrologic properties of cores of unsaturated tuff, test well USW H-1, Yucca Mountain, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4193, 30 p.



• Whitfield, M.S., Jr., Thordarson, William, and Eshom, E.P., 1984, Geohydrologic and drill-hole data for test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-449, 39 p.



• Winograd, I.J., 1974, Radioactive waste storage in the arid zone: American Geophysical Union Transactions, v. 55, no. 10, p. 884-894.



• _____1981, Radioactive waste disposal in thick unsaturated zones: Science, v. 212, no. 4502, p. 1457-1464.



• Wolff, R.G., Bredehoeft, J.D., Keys, W.S., and Shuter, Eugene, 1975, Stress determination by hydraulic fracturing in subsurface water injection: Journal of the American Water Works Association, v. 67, no. 9, p. 519-524.