Mining Methods Used in the Underground Tunnels and Test Rooms at Stripa
Description:
Results of the Swedish-American cooperative research program are reported in which the cooperating scientists explore the geological, geophysical, hydrological, geochemical, and structural effects anticipated from the use of a large crystalline rock mass as a geologic repository for nuclear waste. Two new methods, smooth blasting and slot drilling, were tested and used at Stripa. The smooth blasting technique uses the symmetric pattern of the contour holes and a low charge density in each round…
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Date:
August 1, 1978
Creator:
Andersson, B. & Halen, P. A.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department