OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1958 · 10 citations · 0 references
EngineeringEarth SciencesGeological EngineeringNuclear Waste ManagementRadioactive Waste ManagementWaste ManagementDisposal Facility DesignGeological DisposalHigh-level Radioactive WasteNear-surface DisposalRepository DesignWaste DisposalGeologic DisposalGeological Site CharacterizationMonitoring Of Disposal SitesRadioactive Waste Disposal
Operating procudures for the three 200 x 100 x 15 feet pits are given. Methods for detecting the motion of wastes in the Conasauga shale are described. The conclusion is that it is virtually impossible to predict from any known method of pretesting, in a proposed site in the Oak Ridge area, how a waste disposal pit will operate. (W.D.M)